Surname Aračić in modern Croatia

Aračić families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and Slavonski Brod. In places Mala Sočanica and Grk in Bosanian Posavina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Aračić.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Aračić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Imotski (125), Slavonski Brod (120), Gornji Vinjani (55), Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (40), and in Zagreb (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Aračić (including: Aracic , Haracic , Aracich , Arachiche , Aracas and Haracich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Aracic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Aracich " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Haracic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Aračić, Nađa Aračić, Darko Aračić, Zlatomir Aračić, Tomo Aračić, Domagoj Aračić, Igor Aračić, Marin Aračić, Pero Aračić, Marijan Aračić, Boris Aračić, Matija Aračić, Anto Aračić, Tomislava Aračić, Franjo Aračić, Zvjezdana Aračić, Đurđica Aračić, Zrinka Aračić, Dražan Aračić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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