Surname Križanac in modern Croatia

Križanac families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Sinj. In places Vedašić and Baljci in Western Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Križanac.

Prevalence

About 810 people with faimily name Križanac live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Radosic (95), Sinj (90), Krizanci in Pazin area (45), and in Vinkovci (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Austria (3), Switzerland (3), Sweden (2), Germany (2), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Križanac is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Krizanac " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Križanac, Ivana Križanac, Šimun Križanac, Dražan Križanac, Ivan Križanac, Marko Križanac, Ines Križanac, Drago Križanac, Miro Križanac, Nediljko Križanac, Milenko Križanac, Viktor Križanac, Viliam Križanac, Ružica Križanac, Kristina Križanac, Rozana Križanac, Inga Križanac, Vladimir Križanac, Danijela Križanac

Mentions in sources

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

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