Surname Afrić in modern Croatia

Afrić families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Veli Brgud in Opatija area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Afrić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Afrić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Veli Brgud in Opatija area (40), Rijeka (15), Lipa in Opatija area (10), Sibenik (<10), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (10), the United Kingdom (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Afrić (including: Afric , Africh , Africk , Africhah , Africho and Afritsch ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Africh " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Africk " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Afrić, Hrvoje Afrić, Winton Afrić, Laura Afrić, Vjekoslav Afrić, Đurđica Afrić, Mirko Afrić, Slavko Afrić, Aleks Afrić, Andi Afrić, Ružena Afrić, Branko Afrić, Oliver Afrić, Edo Afrić, Jasenka Afrić, Sandra Afrić, Jelena Afrić, Martina Afrić, Vanda Afrić

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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