Surname Krizman in modern Croatia

Krizman families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Rijeka. In Hum Košnički in Pregrada area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Krizman.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Krizman live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zadar (45), Rijeka (40), Zagreb (30), Pula (25), and in Hum Kosnicki in Pregrada area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krizman (including: Khrizman , Kriezman and Kryzman ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Krizman " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and some 60 people in France. "Khrizman " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number of people in the United States. "Kryzman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Krizman, Mate Krizman, Aldo Krizman, Serđo Krizman, Mario Krizman, Roland Krizman, Dejan Krizman, Robert Krizman, Bruno Krizman, Andreana Krizman, Andrea Krizman, Hrvoje Krizman, Ervin Krizman, Danijel Krizman, Astrid Krizman, Jadranka Krizman, Atila Krizman, Nevena Krizman, Gloria Krizman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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