Surname Flis in modern Croatia

Flis families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area. In Druškovec in Ivanec area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Flis.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Flis live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Koprivnica (15), and in Druskovec (10), Plemenscina (<10) and Donja Voca (<10) in Ivanec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Flis (including: Flies , Fliss , Fliess , Flüs , Fliehs , Fliers , Flys , Phlis and Phliss ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Flis " is used by some 10000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Germany. "Phlis " is used by few people in the United States. "Flies " is used by some 700 people in Kenya , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Belgium.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Flis, Tomislav Flis, Kazimir Flis, Mihajlo Flis, Kristijan Flis, Kristina Flis, Slavko Flis, Suzana Flis, Robert Flis, Stanko Flis, Darko Flis, Danijela Flis, Martina Flis, Katarina Flis, Ivica Flis, Andreja Flis, Pavlina Flis, Mladen Flis, Josipa Flis

Mentions in sources

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

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