Surname Križnić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Križnić families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Slovenes (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buje.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Križnić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Umag (<5) and Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Križnić (including: Kriznic , Krizhanich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Križnić, Kristijan Križnić, Matilda Križnić, Fanika Križnić, Paraskeva Križnić, Antonio Križnić, Nina Križnić, Aleksandro Križnić, Ana Križnić, Josip Križnić, Marija Križnić, Miroslav Križnić, Valentino Križnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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