Surname Nišević in modern Croatia

Nišević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In places Kepčije and Sočanica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Nišević.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Nišević live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (35), Sisak (25), Gage in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (20), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Austria (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Nišević (including: Nisevic , Nisevich , Nishevich , Nisevych and Nisewicz ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Nisevic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Nisevich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine. "Nisewicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Nišević, Borislav Nišević, Branislav Nišević, Jadranka Nišević, Vladimir Nišević, Stjepan Nišević, Aleksandar Nišević, Željko Nišević, Antun Nišević, Slavko Nišević, Goran Nišević, Marija Nišević, Natalija Nišević, Zlata Nišević, Nataša Nišević, Slobodanka Nišević, Dražena Nišević, Jagoda Nišević, Želimir Nišević

Mentions in sources

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.

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