Čizmić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Omis area , less frequently Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Omis area. In Lovča in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Čizmić.
Prevalence
About 540 people with faimily name Čizmić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Split (165), Zagreb (105), Zadvarje in Omis area (50), Sisak (30), and in Rijeka (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čizmić is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Cizmic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.
