Surname Krišto in modern Croatia

Krišto families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Bisevo near Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Zagoričani in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Krišto.

Prevalence

About 980 people with faimily name Krišto live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 93 other places, mostly in Zagreb (240), Sesvete (85), Split (60), Osijek (55), and in Djakovo (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krišto (including: Kristo , Cristo , Christo , Khristo , Krishto , Krishito and Kristoo ) is present in 100 countries worldwide. "Christo " is used by some 4000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Krišto, Domagoj Krišto, Krešimir Krišto, Marinko Krišto, Nikola Krišto, Jure Krišto, Sanja Krišto, Jakša Krišto, Dragutin Krišto, Robert Krišto, Dražen Krišto, Zdravko Krišto, Josip Krišto, Ivan Krišto, Petar Krišto, Frano Krišto, Eugen Krišto, Marina Krišto, Mirko Krišto

Mentions in sources

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

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