Surname Brižan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brižan families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Brižan live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Cernik in Rijeka area (<10), in Veli Brgud (<5) and Mucici (<5) in Opatija area, and in Opatija (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brižan (including: Brizan , Brizhan and Bryzhan ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Brizan " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Trinidad and Tobago , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Đurđa Brižan, Petar Brižan, Dorian Brižan, Anamarija Brižan, Ladislav Brižan, Zdenko Brižan, Vesna Brižan, Erland Brižan, Martina Brižan, Miloš Brižan, Katica Brižan, Denis Brižan, Azela Brižan, Ivana Brižan, Josip Brižan, Emil Brižan, Ivan Brižan, Miloslava Brižan, Željka Brižan

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