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Surname Žižić in modern Croatia
Žižić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Solin. According to some sources they are from Rama (north Herzegovina), rarely Bosniaks (Tuzla area, Bosnia), and Montenegrins . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Brštanovo in Solin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Žižić.
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Prevalence
About 710 people with faimily name Žižić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Split (220), Solin (160), Zagreb (90), Otok in Sinj area (80), and in Brstanovo in Solin area (35).
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Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Mexico (2), Germany (1), Argentina (1), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Žižić (including: Zizic , Zizich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Zizic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Australia , and about 90 in Belgium. "Zizich " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ivan Žižić,
Špiro Žižić,
Joso Žižić,
Nela Žižić,
Ksenija Žižić,
Vesna Žižić,
Marko Žižić,
Joško Žižić,
Marin Žižić,
Martin Žižić,
Josip Žižić,
Ante Žižić,
Jakov Žižić,
Andrija Žižić,
Florijan Žižić,
Ivica Žižić,
Dragica Žižić,
Darko Žižić,
Jagoda Žižić
