Surname Kriška in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kriška families are Croats (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kriška live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), Slatina (<5), Markovac Nasicki (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kriška (including: Kriska , Kryska , Krishka , Kryshka , Krischka , Krishikha , Kriiska , Kriscka , Cheriska and Krisska ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Kriska " is used by some 900 people in Slovakia , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Krishka " is used by some 50 people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Kriscka " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Kriška, Zdenko Kriška, Andrej Kriška, Zlatko Kriška, Andreja Kriška, Maja Kriška, Davor Kriška, Živanka Kriška, Vesna Kriška, Goran Kriška, Rosica Kriška, Nena Kriška, Bosiljka Kriška, Rudolf Kriška, Marija Kriška, Tonka Kriška, Miljenko Kriška, Ljubica Kriška, Zdravko Kriška

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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