Surname Kiss in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kiss families are generally Croats (from Dugo Selo ), very rarely Hungarians (from Banat, Vojvodina ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kiss live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (<10), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), Pula (<5), and in Josipovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kiss (including: Ciss , Kiess , Chriss , Kissh , Küss , Kiiss , Kishsh , Chiss and Cisss ) is present in 136 countries worldwide. "Kiess " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 70 people in Brazil. "Kissh " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Puerto Rico. "Kiiss " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Estonia , and small number of people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Janos Kiss, Sanja Kiss, Andrija Kiss, Albert Kiss, Gyula Kiss, Irena Kiss, Jozsef Kiss, Balint Kiss, Zoltan Kiss, Laszlo Kiss, Ernest Kiss, Ivanka Kiss, Ivan Kiss, Martina Kiss, Endre Kiss, Vladimir Kiss, Karlo Kiss, Vlatka Kiss, Željko Kiss

Mentions in sources

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

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