Surname Krištofić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Krištofić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Cakovec (115), Zagreb (35), Rijeka (20), Mackovec (20), and in Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krištofić (including: Kristofic , Kristofich , Kristofick , Christofic and Cristofich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Kristofic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in France. "Kristofich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Kristofick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Krištofić, Željko Krištofić, Damir Krištofić, Dragan Krištofić, Zlatko Krištofić, Vesna Krištofić, Mario Krištofić, Josip Krištofić, Ksenija Krištofić, Robert Krištofić, Dario Krištofić, Branimir Krištofić, Sanja Krištofić, Iva Krištofić, Melita Krištofić, Mladen Krištofić, Ivana Krištofić, Ruža Krištofić, Valentina Krištofić

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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