Surname Brizić in modern Croatia

Brizić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area).

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Brizić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Gornji Humac on the Island of Brac (30), Split (20), Dugo Selo (20), Zagreb (15), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brizić (including: Brizic , Brizich and Brizick ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Brizic " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Brizich " is used by few people in Chile and few people in the United States. "Brizick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Brizić, Zoran Brizić, Ivica Brizić, Vencislav Brizić, Maja Brizić, Mira Brizić, Boris Brizić, Lidija Brizić, Pejo Brizić, Viktor Brizić, Katarina Brizić, Dejan Brizić, Denisa Brizić, Kristina Brizić, Luka Brizić, Katica Brizić, Vedran Brizić, Željko Brizić, Zlata Brizić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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