Surname Križanović in modern Croatia

Križanović 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 Slavonski Brod and Sinj. In places Medakovo and Gaćice in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Križanović.

Prevalence

About 760 people with faimily name Križanović live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Slavonski Brod (75), Split (60), Brcino in Slavonski Brod area (35), and in Turjaci (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), Argentina (3), and to the United States (2).
Family name Križanović (including: Krizanovic , Krizhanovich and Kryzhanovich ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Krizanovic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavao Križanović, Nadomir Križanović, Ivan Križanović, Jure Križanović, Goran Križanović, Dubravka Križanović, Pero Križanović, Katica Križanović, Branka Križanović, Dragutin Križanović, Dušan Križanović, Anđelko Križanović, Sandra Križanović, Željko Križanović, Slavko Križanović, Ante Križanović, Zlatko Križanović, Mirjana Križanović, Marko Križanović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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