Surname Panižić in modern Croatia

Panižić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica area and in Petrinja area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Panižić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Donji Hrusevec in Velika Gorica area (25), Lekenik in Petrinja area (10), Petrinja (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Donji Vukojevac in Petrinja area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Panižić (including: Panizic , Panizich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Panizich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stana Panižić, Djuro Panižić, Irena Panižić, Tomislav Panižić, Đuro Panižić, Ivan Panižić, Tihomir Panižić, Mira Panižić, Stjepan Panižić, Branimir Panižić, Goran Panižić, Marina Panižić, Željko Panižić, Štefica Panižić, Milan Panižić, Dean Panižić, Željkica Panižić, Ljiljana Panižić, Božo Panižić

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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