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Surname Križ in modern Croatia
Križ families are Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Zagreb. In Gornji Žagari in Cabar every sixth inhabitant had the family name Križ.
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Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Križ live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Rijeka (25), Sirac in Daruvar area (25), Prezid (15), and in Mali Gorenec in Lepoglava area (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Križ (including: Kriz , Criz , Kryzh , Krizh , Kryz , Criez , Chriz , Keriz , Kryzha and Kriez ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Kriz " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in Austria. "Criez " is used by small number of people in Belgium , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.
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Characteristic first names
Goran Križ,
Saša Križ,
Jasna Križ,
Mladen Križ,
Miljenko Križ,
Andreas Križ,
Sanja Križ,
Željko Križ,
Hrvoje Križ,
Josip Križ,
Daniel Križ,
Izabel Križ,
Vlado Križ,
Anamarija Križ,
Ivan Križ,
Antun Križ,
Ivo Križ,
Dražen Križ,
Mario Križ
