Surname Čiz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čiz families are Croats (from Metkovic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čiz live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Metkovic (<5) and Pazin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čiz (including: Chizh , Chiz , Ciez , Ciz , Chiriz , Cizza , Chriz , Chaiz , Chuiz and Csiz ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Chiz " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Ciez " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Csiz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Čiz, Jadranka Čiz, Ivan Čiz, Marija Čiz, Ante Čiz, Matej Čiz, Sara Čiz

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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