Surname Križan in modern Croatia

Križan families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area (Veliki Bukovac), rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Zagreb. In Ljubunčić in Western Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Križan.

Prevalence

About 910 people with faimily name Križan live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 100 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Split (75), Samarica in Bjelovar area (60), Sesvete (50), and in Dugopolje in Solin area (50).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), Germany (2), Norway (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Križan (including: Krizan , Krizsán , Krizhan , Kryzhan , Kryzan , Krizsan and Charizan ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Krizan " is used by some 6000 people in Slovakia , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Czech Republic. "Krizsan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kryzan " is used by small number of people in Poland , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božo Križan, Jako Križan, Zlatko Križan, Lidija Križan, Petra Križan, Božidar Križan, Nenad Križan, Vedran Križan, Ivan Križan, Vlado Križan, Bojana Križan, Zlatan Križan, Anđelka Križan, Marko Križan, Željko Križan, Anđelko Križan, Ljiljana Križan, Milan Križan, Miroslav Križan

Mentions in sources

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

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