Surname Čižmeković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čižmeković families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Bjelovar. In Jasenik in Bjelovar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Čižmeković.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Čižmeković live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (<5), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5), Sirova Katalena (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čižmeković is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Luka Čižmeković, Jadranko Čižmeković, Tomislav Čižmeković, Tanja Čižmeković, Senka Čižmeković, Anka Čižmeković, Petar Čižmeković, Stjepan Čižmeković, Mara Čižmeković, Jela Čižmeković, Anastazija Čižmeković, Ana Čižmeković, Cecilija Čižmeković, Rudolf Čižmeković, Ivan Čižmeković, Vlado Čižmeković, Jandro Čižmeković, Josip Čižmeković, Mirko Čižmeković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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