Štivičić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska. In places Orubica and Sičice in Nova Gradiska area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Štivičić.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Štivičić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Orubica in Nova Gradiska area (55), Zagreb (45), Sicice in Nova Gradiska area (40), Dugo Selo (15), and in Nova Gradiska (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štivičić is present in three countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.