Surname Žitvaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žitvaj families are Croats (from Petrinja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja area and in Sisak.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Žitvaj live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Lekenik in Petrinja area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Odra Sisacka (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Sisinec in Petrinja area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žitvaj (including: Zitvaj , Zhitvay and Zsitvay ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Zsitvay " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Žitvaj, Zlatko Žitvaj, Ivica Žitvaj, Slavko Žitvaj, Slavomir Žitvaj, Gordana Žitvaj, Goran Žitvaj, Rudolf Žitvaj, Zlata Žitvaj, Đurđica Žitvaj, Jasenka Žitvaj, Mira Žitvaj, Nikolina Žitvaj, Sara Žitvaj, Anka Žitvaj, Jaga Žitvaj, Mirela Žitvaj, Đurđa Žitvaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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