In Croatia, Križarić families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Križarić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Cakovec (10), Senkovec in Cakovec area (10), Ivanovec (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Križarić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.