Surname Krizmanić in modern Croatia

Krizmanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. According to some sources they are from Zagreba. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slunj area. In Ježenj in Pazin every third inhabitant had the family name Krizmanić.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Krizmanić live in Croatia today, in 660 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 61 cities and 182 other places, mostly in Zagreb (300), Rijeka (55), Pula (40), Pozega (35), and in Karlovac (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), France (7), Germany (5), the United States (4), Canada (3), Sweden (3), Austria (3), and to Argentina (2).
Family name Krizmanić (including: Krizmanic , Krizmanich ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Krizmanic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Australia , and some 80 people in Canada. "Krizmanich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Boris Krizmanić, Branka Krizmanić, Gordana Krizmanić, Irena Krizmanić, Milan Krizmanić, Zdravko Krizmanić, Snježana Krizmanić, Valter Krizmanić, Mirjana Krizmanić, Tomislav Krizmanić, Dragica Krizmanić, Miroslav Krizmanić, Severino Krizmanić, Maja Krizmanić, Jasmin Krizmanić, Bernardica Krizmanić, Goran Krizmanić, Danijel Krizmanić, Zoran Krizmanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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