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Surname Hižak in modern Croatia
Hižak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area.
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Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Hižak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Varazdin (40), Zagreb (20), Ludbreg (15), Zabnik in Varazdin area (10), and in Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Hižak (including: Hizak , Hyzak , Chizhak , Chizak and Chyzak ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Hizak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hyzak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Poland. "Chizak " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Jurica Hižak,
Damir Hižak,
Sandra Hižak,
Mario Hižak,
Davor Hižak,
Mladen Hižak,
Marko Hižak,
Marijan Hižak,
Ljiljana Hižak,
Dražen Hižak,
Željko Hižak,
Krunoslav Hižak,
Vjekoslav Hižak,
Josip Hižak,
Karolina Hižak,
Zlatko Hižak,
Goran Hižak,
Branko Hižak,
Dinko Hižak
