Surname Bišof in modern Croatia

Bišof families are Croats and they are mostly from Novska. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Bišof live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Novska (25), Slavonski Brod (<10), Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bišof (including: Bischof , Bischoff , Bisof , Bisschoff , Bishoff , Bishof , Bischkopf , Bishkoff , Bisschof and Bisthof ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Bishof " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Kazakhstan. "Bischof " is used by some 8000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Austria. "Bisthof " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Bišof, Rudolf Bišof, Boris Bišof, Davor Bišof, Zlatko Bišof, Antonio Bišof, Alen Bišof, Ivo Bišof, Dubravka Bišof, Fabijan Bišof, Natalija Bišof, Josip Bišof, Denis Bišof, Marjana Bišof, Ivan Bišof, Željko Bišof, Nada Bišof, Krešimir Bišof, Valerija Bišof

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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