Surname Kišić in modern Croatia

Kišić families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Strmec Podravski in Varazdin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kišić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Kišić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (40), Zagreb (30), Varazdin (30), Karlovac (25), and in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kišić (including: Kisic , Kissick , Kisich , Kischnick , Kissic , Kishich , Kisych , Kissich , Kishick and Kisick ) 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

Josip Kišić, Tomislav Kišić, Zvonko Kišić, Tomo Kišić, Ivan Kišić, Dalibor Kišić, Mirjana Kišić, Damir Kišić, Nikola Kišić, Ivanka Kišić, Danijela Kišić, Ida Kišić, Ivana Kišić, Željko Kišić, Dolores Kišić, Nesib Kišić, Miroslav Kišić, Nikolina Kišić, Milivoj Kišić

Mentions in sources

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

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