In Croatia, Livada families are predominantly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slunj.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Livada live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Kraljevac in Bjelovar area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Livada is present in 17 countries on four continents.
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.