Surname Arih in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arih families are Croats (from Cabar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Arih live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Gerovo (10), Zagreb (<10), Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arih (including: Arich , Ariche , Aricha , Arrich , Aritho , Arichi , Ariech , Arieh and Arith ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Arieh " is used by some 70 people in Israel , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Arrich " is used by some 500 people in Morocco , about 100 in Austria , and some 70 people in the United States. "Arichea " is used by some 90 people in the Philippines and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aldo Arih, Dubravko Arih, Boris Arih, Dario Arih, Renato Arih, Snježana Arih, Luka Arih, Andrej Arih, Josip Arih, Majda Arih, Marijo Arih, Lilijana Arih, Cvetko Arih, Vilma Arih, Edita Arih, Valentina Arih, Rok Arih, Nevenka Arih, Ivan Arih

Mentions in sources

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

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