Živoder families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Poklek in Samobor every third inhabitant had the family name Živoder.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Živoder live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (30), Bjelovar (20), Martinac (15), Zagreb (15), and in Poklek (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Živoder (including: Zivoder , Zhivoder ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Zivoder " is used by some 100 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.