Surname Karmišević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Karmišević families are generally Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area and in Pozega.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Karmišević live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Pleternica (10), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Pozega (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karmišević is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Karmišević, Dragica Karmišević, Nikola Karmišević, Adam Karmišević, Ružica Karmišević, Davor Karmišević, Željko Karmišević, Terezija Karmišević, Marija Karmišević, Mijo Karmišević, Marin Karmišević, Mato Karmišević, Antun Karmišević, Tomo Karmišević, Julka Karmišević, Nevenka Karmišević, Dragutin Karmišević, Goran Karmišević, Zdravko Karmišević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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