Surname Fischer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fischer families are generally Croats (from Valpovo area ), barely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Donja Topličica in Sveti Ivan Zelina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Fischer.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Fischer live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), Rijeka (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Nova Gradiska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fischer (including: Fisscher , Fishcher and Fiescher ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. The family name "Fischer " is used by some 500000 people in Germany , about 200000 in the United States , and some 60000 people in Brazil. "Fishcher " is used by some 300 people in Laos and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slaven Fischer, Darko Fischer, Ernest Fischer, Adriano Fischer, Lidija Fischer, Čedomir Fischer, Svebor Fischer, Fedor Fischer, Stjepan Fischer, Ivona Fischer, Renata Fischer, Walter Fischer, Ljubica Fischer, Željka Fischer, Biljana Fischer, Ignjat Fischer, Milena Fischer, Ivana Fischer, Mirna Fischer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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