Surname Kisić in modern Croatia

Kisić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Dubrovnik. In Bojmunte in Western Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kisić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Kisić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Dubrovnik (30), Makose in Dubrovnik area (25), Sesvete (15), and in Osijek (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kisić (including: Kisic , Cisic , Kissick , Kisich , Kissic , Kisych , Kissich , Kishick , Kisick and Kishich ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Kisic " is used by some 1000 people in Peru , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Argentina. "Kisich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Peru. "Kissic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Kisić, Ružica Kisić, Dubravka Kisić, Ivica Kisić, Kristijan Kisić, Zoran Kisić, Anka Kisić, Milivoj Kisić, Tonko Kisić, Zvonimir Kisić, Damir Kisić, Marica Kisić, Anica Kisić, Ante Kisić, Vladimir Kisić, Ivan Kisić, Vlaho Kisić, Joso Kisić, Miho Kisić

Mentions in sources

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

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