Surname Lizak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lizak families are Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Lizak live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Visnjevac (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lizak (including: Lyzak , Lizák , Lizzack , Lyzák and Lizack ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Lizak " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ukraine. "Lizzack " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Lyzak " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Lizak, Lidija Lizak, Marija Lizak, Ljubica Lizak, Slaven Lizak, Davorko Lizak, Lana Lizak, Dora Lizak, Franjo Lizak, Terezija Lizak, Anton Lizak, Šimun Lizak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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