Surname Krivić in modern Croatia

Krivić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Zadvarje near Omis, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Split. In Lopatice in Western Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Krivić.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Krivić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Split (95), Zagreb (75), Osijek (50), Makarska (40), and in Bajagic (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krivić (including: Krivic , Krivich , Crivici , Krivichev , Krivichun , Kryvych , Krivichi , Krivick , Krivichko and Krivych ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Krivic " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Krivick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Krivichi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrija Krivić, Stipo Krivić, Željko Krivić, Zlatko Krivić, Zoran Krivić, Renato Krivić, Branko Krivić, Robert Krivić, Marijana Krivić, Hrvoje Krivić, Ivan Krivić, Slađana Krivić, Lav Krivić, Sanela Krivić, Boženko Krivić, Branimir Krivić, Niko Krivić, Dijana Krivić, Marko Krivić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1786 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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