In Croatia, Hiža families are predominantly Croats (from Vinkovci area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Hiža live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two naselja i to in Nustar in Vinkovci area (<5) and Pavlin Klostar in Bjelovar area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.