Surname Brižić in modern Croatia

Brižić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Pozega area. In Vurot in Sisak every fifth inhabitant had the family name Brižić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Brižić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Preko on the Island of Ugljan (30), Zadar (15), Kaptol in Pozega area (15), Kratecko (10), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brižić (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

Ljiljana Brižić, Damir Brižić, Mario Brižić, Mirjana Brižić, Zdravko Brižić, Ljubo Brižić, Ivan Brižić, Silvio Brižić, Ante Brižić, Tatjana Brižić, Vanja Brižić, Valentin Brižić, Tomislav Brižić, Ranka Brižić, Davor Brižić, Zoran Brižić, Marija Brižić, Sanda Brižić, Katarina Brižić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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