Rizvić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), often Bosniaks (also from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in Zagreb. In places Klupe and Ponikve in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rizvić.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Rizvić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Slavonski Brod (15), Rijeka (15), Orubica in Nova Gradiska area (15), and in Karlovac (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rizvić is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Rizvic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Indonesia.
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.
