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Surname Čižmešija in modern Croatia
Čižmešija families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Koprivnica area.
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Prevalence
About 490 people with faimily name Čižmešija live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (80), Kotoriba in Prelog area (30), Brezovica (20), and in Koprivnica (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), Germany (4), Austria (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Čižmešija is present in five countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Marijan Čižmešija,
Aleksandra Čižmešija,
Robert Čižmešija,
Mirjana Čižmešija,
Romeo Čižmešija,
Štefica Čižmešija,
Branko Čižmešija,
Ksenija Čižmešija,
Liljana Čižmešija,
Zlatko Čižmešija,
Ankica Čižmešija,
Josip Čižmešija,
Mladen Čižmešija,
Željka Čižmešija,
Zinka Čižmešija,
Damir Čižmešija,
Zdravko Čižmešija,
Slavica Čižmešija,
Andrija Čižmešija
