Surname Adamić in modern Croatia

Adamić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Pofuki in Novi Marof area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Adamić.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Adamić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Pofuki in Novi Marof area (35), Krizevci (20), Sesvete (<10), and in Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Adamić (including: Adamic , Adamiec , Adamich , Adamick , Adamych and Adamitsch ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Adamic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Adamich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Belarus. "Adamiec " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ruža Adamić, Dijana Adamić, Željko Adamić, Viktorija Adamić, Zoran Adamić, Marijan Adamić, Dražen Adamić, Miran Adamić, Slavica Adamić, Stjepan Adamić, Robert Adamić, Barbara Adamić, Sanda Adamić, Krešimir Adamić, Dubravko Adamić, Zdenkica Adamić, Darko Adamić, Radoslav Adamić, Želimir Adamić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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