Surname Živanović in modern Croatia

Živanović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Živanović live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Vukovar (35), Rijeka (25), Vera in Vukovar area (25), and in Glavina Gornja (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (3), Canada (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Živanović (including: Zivanovic , Zivanovich and Zhivanovic ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Zivanovic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in France. "Zivanovich " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Živanović, Vera Živanović, Borislav Živanović, Luka Živanović, Dragan Živanović, Tatjana Živanović, Sanja Živanović, Stjepan Živanović, Darinka Živanović, Marinko Živanović, Andreja Živanović, Stanko Živanović, Branko Živanović, Goran Živanović, Damjan Živanović, Mijo Živanović, Emanuela Živanović, Irena Živanović, Slavko Živanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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