Surname Brizar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brizar families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Middle Bosnia (Visoko area). In Paljike in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Brizar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Brizar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Slavonski Brod (10), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Viskovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brizar is present in 10 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Branislav Brizar, Vladimir Brizar, Nikolina Brizar, Dražen Brizar, Kristina Brizar, Nedjeljko Brizar, Stjepan Brizar, Ankica Brizar, Anita Brizar, Tanja Brizar, Ljuban Brizar, Marko Brizar, Nada Brizar, Julijana Brizar, Anica Brizar, Ante Brizar, Milan Brizar, Milena Brizar, Marija Brizar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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