Surname Grižić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grižić families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Grižić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Velika Gorica (<10), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5), and in Klostar Ivanic (<5) and Sobocani (<5) in Ivanic-Grad area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Grižić (including: Grizic , Grizich , Griezic , Gryzich and Gryzick ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Grizic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Grizich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gryzich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Grižić, Željka Grižić, Nataša Grižić, Darijo Grižić, Ana Grižić, Dražen Grižić, Željko Grižić, Rajko Grižić, Zora Grižić, Gordana Grižić, Jelena Grižić, Dubravko Grižić, Ivo Grižić, Damir Grižić, Marijan Grižić, Stjepan Grižić, Ivana Grižić, Boris Grižić, Ivan Grižić

Mentions in sources

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

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