Surname Adžić in modern Croatia

Adžić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. According to some sources the family name originates from Bosnia and from Tordinci, rarely Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and on the Island of Pasman. In Tatarbudžak in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Adžić.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Adžić live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Osijek (45), Tordinci in Vinkovci area (40), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (40), and in Pozega (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Adžić (including: Adzic , Adzich , Adick , Adic , Adiec , Adzick , Adich , Adhic , Adicho and Addic ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Adzic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Adzich " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Addic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Adžić, Stjepan Adžić, Zvonimir Adžić, Drago Adžić, Ljiljana Adžić, Ante Adžić, Aleksandar Adžić, Dražen Adžić, Ivo Adžić, Adam Adžić, Boris Adžić, Mandica Adžić, Robert Adžić, Josip Adžić, Radovan Adžić, Vesna Adžić, Predrag Adžić, Davor Adžić, Đuro Adžić

Mentions in sources

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

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