Surname Žižak in modern Croatia

Žižak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia , rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Drvar area) and in Trogir.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Žižak live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Trogir (55), Rijeka (20), Split (15), and in Velika Gorica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (6), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Žižak (including: Zizak , Zyzak , Zizack , Zhizhak and Zizac ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Zizak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Sweden. "Zizack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zyzak " is used by some 600 people in Poland , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antonija Žižak, Marijo Žižak, Romana Žižak, Renato Žižak, Duška Žižak, Ivka Žižak, Ivica Žižak, Sanija Žižak, Mirzet Žižak, Mirjana Žižak, Irena Žižak, Saša Žižak, Jasmina Žižak, Sretko Žižak, Jakša Žižak, Anto Žižak, Vida Žižak, Jasminka Žižak, Snježana Žižak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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