Surname Kiš in modern Croatia

Kiš families are often Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ) and Rusyns (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Kiš live in Croatia today, in 700 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 183 other places, mostly in Zagreb (235), Osijek (100), Koprivnica (40), Bjelovar (30), and in Vukovar (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Canada (3), Switzerland (2), the United States (2), France (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kiš (including: Kis , Kiss , Kish , Kies , Kisch , Kiess , Kissh , Kiesch , Kiesh and Kisth ) is present in 177 countries worldwide. "Kish " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Iran , and some 3000 people in Ukraine. "Kisch " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 200 people in South Africa. "Kies " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Algeria , and some 3000 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Donald Kiš, Miroslav Kiš, Davorin Kiš, Siniša Kiš, Robert Kiš, Valter Kiš, Željko Kiš, Zorislav Kiš, Dragutin Kiš, Mladen Kiš, Ivica Kiš, Darko Kiš, Goran Kiš, Ivana Kiš, Josip Kiš, Arpad Kiš, Ivan Kiš, Jadranka Kiš, Stjepan Kiš

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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