Kižlin families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Slavagora in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kižlin.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Kižlin live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Samobor (25), Velika Rakovica (10), Zagreb (10), Slavagora (<10), and in Gradna (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kižlin is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Kizlin " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
