Surname Sivec in modern Croatia

Sivec families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Lipnica Zagorska in Klanjec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Sivec.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Sivec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Grtovec in Zlatar area (10), Zabok (<10), Zapresic (<10), and in Brodjanci in Valpovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sivec (including: Sivetz , Sivecz and Sywetz ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Sivec " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Ukraine , and some 70 people in Belarus. "Sivetz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Sivecz " is used by some 60 people in Belarus and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nina Sivec, Slobodan Sivec, Ivana Sivec, Živko Sivec, Nikolina Sivec, Zvjezdana Sivec, Ljubica Sivec, Vladimir Sivec, Hrvoje Sivec, Želimir Sivec, Gordan Sivec, Ivan Sivec, Stjepan Sivec, Senjka Sivec, Dubravko Sivec, Snježana Sivec, Ignac Sivec, Darko Sivec, Damir Sivec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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