Surname Križaić in modern Croatia

Križaić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Križaić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 12 other places, mostly in Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (30), Cakovec (25), Palovec in Cakovec area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Belica in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Križaić is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Križaić, Mladen Križaić, Davor Križaić, Vlado Križaić, Marijan Križaić, Ružica Križaić, Željko Križaić, Kristijan Križaić, Marija Križaić, Franjo Križaić, Danica Križaić, Antun Križaić, Slavica Križaić, Zdravko Križaić, Ivana Križaić, Stjepan Križaić, Dragutin Križaić, Darko Križaić, Siniša Križaić

Mentions in sources

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.

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