Livaja families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Konjic area) and in Split. In places Dobričevići , Vrci and Krtići in North Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Livaja.
Prevalence
About 420 people with faimily name Livaja live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Split (55), Tenja (30), Osijek (20), and in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Livaja (including: Liwaya , Livaya ) is present in 16 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.