Surname Rišavi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rišavi families are predominantly Czechs (from Daruvar area ), rarely Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac. In Kip in Daruvar area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Rišavi.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Rišavi live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Sesvete (10), Kip in Daruvar area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rišavi (including: Risavi , Rysavy , Rishmawi , Rishavy , Risavy , Ryshavy , Rischawy and Rishavi ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Risavi " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Rishavi " is used by few people in the United States. "Risavy " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Ranko Rišavi, Vitomir Rišavi, Antun Rišavi, Jasna Rišavi, Mirjana Rišavi, Zdravko Rišavi, Jaroslav Rišavi, Ružica Rišavi, Miroslav Rišavi, Božena Rišavi, Ana Rišavi, Ladislav Rišavi, Ljubica Rišavi, Liba Rišavi, Daniel Rišavi, Valentina Rišavi, Mateo Rišavi, Adrian Rišavi, Jeroslav Rišavi

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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