Surname Živica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Živica families are almost entirely Croats (from Cazma ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Živica live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Cazma (25), Zagreb (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Bojana (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Živica (including: Zivica , Zywica and Ziwica ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Zivica " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Ziwica " is used by few people in the United States. "Zywica " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Jovanka Živica, Diana Živica, Mišo Živica, Đuro Živica, Tomislav Živica, Željko Živica, Milan Živica, Marica Živica, Ljiljana Živica, Mladen Živica, Ivan Živica, Sabina Živica, Anđela Živica, Marko Živica, Marija Živica, Hermina Živica, Magdalena Živica, Martin Živica, Lucija Živica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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