Surname Krivičić in modern Croatia

Krivičić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula. In Valun on the Island of Cres every third inhabitant had the family name Krivičić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Krivičić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Oslici in Pazin area (25), Pula (20), Rijeka (15), Valun on the Island of Cres (15), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 28 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Canada (8), Australia (6), Austria (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Krivičić (including: Krivicich , Krivicic and Crivicich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Krivicic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Krivicich " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Krivičić, Kata Krivičić, Marijan Krivičić, Alessandro Krivičić, Gordana Krivičić, Dragan Krivičić, Damir Krivičić, Nella Krivičić, Sandra Krivičić, Leticija Krivičić, Elio Krivičić, Franko Krivičić, Ivan Krivičić, Željka Krivičić, Klaudio Krivičić, Boris Krivičić, Ilario Krivičić, Žarko Krivičić, Đulijana Krivičić

Mentions in sources

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

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