Surname Knežić in modern Croatia

Knežić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. According to some sources they are from Ši benika, often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Sisak. In Gradina in Sibenik every fourth inhabitant had the family name Knežić.

Prevalence

About 590 people with faimily name Knežić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Sibenik (65), Zagreb (45), Hrastovica (35), Metkovic (35), and in Mihalj in Opuzen area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Knežić (including: Knezic , Knezich , Knezick and Knezhich ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Knezic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 70 people in Belgium. "Knezich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Knezick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Knežić, Branimir Knežić, Toni Knežić, Ilija Knežić, Dario Knežić, Ivan Knežić, Marijan Knežić, Dalibor Knežić, Tanja Knežić, Irena Knežić, Snježana Knežić, Nikola Knežić, Krunoslav Knežić, Jadran Knežić, Stevan Knežić, Igor Knežić, Matko Knežić, Nevenka Knežić, Hrvoje Knežić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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