Surname Risović in modern Croatia

Risović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Risović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Prnjavor in Slavonski Brod area (10), Virovitica (10), Sas in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), and in Belica in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Risović (including: Risovic , Risovich and Risovici ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Risovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Risović, Dubravko Risović, Ivica Risović, Lovro Risović, Nenad Risović, Antonija Risović, Anita Risović, Zoran Risović, Zdravko Risović, Olgica Risović, Ivan Risović, Jakob Risović, Anđela Risović, Sanja Risović, Antonio Risović, Marija Risović, Slavko Risović, Jozo Risović, Gorica Risović

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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