Surname Kivić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kivić families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Kakanj area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kivić live in Croatia today, in two households only.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Crikvenica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kivić (including: Kivich , Kivic , Kievich , Civic , Kiviche , Civick and Kiwicz ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Kivic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kiwicz " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Civic " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ruža Kivić, Miroslav Kivić, Ivica Kivić, Blaško Kivić, Marko Kivić, Jaga Kivić, Marina Kivić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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