Surname Živko in modern Croatia

Živko families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Bojska in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Živko.

Prevalence

About 740 people with faimily name Živko live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 97 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), in Pitomaca (35), Novo Virje (30) and Ferdinandovac (25) in Djurdjevac area, and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Germany (4), Australia (2), Switzerland (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Živko (including: Zivko , Zhivko and Zywko ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Zivko " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Živko, Josipa Živko, Igor Živko, Marijana Živko, Hrvoje Živko, Vesna Živko, Stjepan Živko, Marinko Živko, Andreas Živko, Perica Živko, Branka Živko, Božo Živko, Blaženka Živko, Marija Živko, Tina Živko, Ljubica Živko, Zlatko Živko, Alen Živko, Marina Živko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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