Surname Kišak in modern Croatia

Kišak families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kišak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Krc (25), Novi Marof (10), Varazdin (<10), and in Mozdjenec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kišak (including: Kisak , Kischak , Kissack , Kishak , Kishlyak , Kiszak , Kissak , Kisslak , Kisack and Kieszak ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Kisak " is used by some 200 people in Turkey , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Kischak " is used by some 400 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Canada , small number of people in the United States. "Kisack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Kišak, Mato Kišak, Krunoslav Kišak, Zdravko Kišak, Tihomir Kišak, Marjan Kišak, Snežana Kišak, Damir Kišak, Jasminka Kišak, Biljana Kišak, Zvezdan Kišak, Snježana Kišak, Antonija Kišak, Nikolina Kišak, Branko Kišak, Štefanija Kišak, Đurđa Kišak, Krešimir Kišak, Nadica Kišak

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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