Križančić families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Karlovac area. In Gorkovec in Klanjec every seventh inhabitant had the family name Križančić.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Križančić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Draganic in Karlovac area (25), Radesic in Novi Marof area (10), Zapresic (<10), and in Garesnica (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Canada (2), the United States (1), and to France (1). Family name Križančić is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Krizancic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
