Surname Strižić in modern Croatia

Strižić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Strižić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Blato na Cetini (25), Zagreb (20), Karlovac (<10), Split (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Strižić (including: Strizic , Strizich ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Strizic " is used by some 400 people in Argentina , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Strizich " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Joško Strižić, Josip Strižić, Nikola Strižić, Roman Strižić, Željko Strižić, Antonio Strižić, Mark Strižić, Dušan Strižić, Marko Strižić, Dragutin Strižić, Jelica Strižić, Maja Strižić, Goran Strižić, Zdenko Strižić, Ambroz Strižić, Andrea Strižić, Katarina Strižić, Marina Strižić, Vedrana Strižić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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