Surname Arić in modern Croatia

Arić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area. In Gornji Crnogovci in Nova Gradiska area every third inhabitant had the family name Arić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Arić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Gornji Crnogovci in Nova Gradiska area (45), Nova Gradiska (25), Zagreb (20), Split (<10), and in Laze in Nova Gradiska area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arić (including: Aric , Arici , Arich , Ariche , Aricha , Arichi , Arick , Ariech , Aricci and Arizz ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Arick " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 80 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Arichea " is used by some 90 people in the Philippines and small number in the United States. "Arric " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Arić, Željko Arić, Marko Arić, Tina Arić, Mato Arić, Ivan Arić, Slava Arić, Dino Arić, Katarina Arić, Tonka Arić, Vladimir Arić, Tomislav Arić, Jasna Arić, Marica Arić, Zdravko Arić, Nedjeljka Arić, Valentina Arić, Dubravko Arić, Zoran Arić

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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