Surname Živković in modern Croatia

Živković families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from Kostrec, Sibenik area (Zaton) or Drnis (village Zivkovici), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sibenik. In places Kostrc and Donja Mahala in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Živković.

Prevalence

About 5500 people with faimily name Živković live in Croatia today, in 2400 households. There were 5100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 98 cities and 416 other places, mostly in Zagreb (920), Sibenik (255), Split (225), Zupanja (220), and in Osijek (220).

Outside Croatia

At least 109 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (45), the United States (12), Switzerland (11), Austria (9), Australia (6), Argentina (4), Sweden (4), Canada (4), the United Kingdom (4), Belgium (4), France (2), the Netherlands (2), Chile (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Živković (including: Zivkovic , Zivkovich , Zhivkovich , Zhivkovic , Zivkovicz and Zivkoviche ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Zivkovic " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 700 in Germany , and some 200 people in Austria. "Zivkovich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Argentina , and some 60 people in Ukraine. "Zivkoviche " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Živković, Renato Živković, Vesna Živković, Marijan Živković, Zlatko Živković, Pavo Živković, Marko Živković, Konstantin Živković, Berislav Živković, Slavko Živković, Boris Živković, Maja Živković, Sanja Živković, Igor Živković, Veljko Živković, Zoran Živković, Miodrag Živković, Ana Živković, Hrvoje Živković

Mentions in sources

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

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