Surname Fišer in modern Croatia

Fišer families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Fišer live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 460 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 32 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Osijek (25), Vinkovci (10), Slatina (10), and in Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fišer (including: Fischer , Fisher , Fiser , Fieser , Fisser , Phiser , Phisher , Fisther , Fiesher and Fiescher ) is present in 170 countries worldwide. The family name "Fiser " is used by some 4000 people in Czech Republic , about 2000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Democratic Republic of Congo. "Fisher " is used by some 200000 people in the United States , about 20000 in Great Britain , and some 20000 people in South Africa. "Fischer " is used by some 500000 people in Germany , about 200000 in the United States , and some 60000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Igor Fišer, Teodora Fišer, Zdenko Fišer, Lidija Fišer, Antun Fišer, Edvard Fišer, Željka Fišer, Ivan Fišer, Marija Fišer, Duško Fišer, Franc Fišer, Zvonko Fišer, Martin Fišer, Slađana Fišer, Andreja Fišer, Goran Fišer, Kazimir Fišer, Sanja Fišer, Vesna Fišer

Mentions in sources

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

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