Arsenić families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Vukovar area , less frequently Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Osijek. In Gornja Šumetlica in Pakrac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Arsenić.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Arsenić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Vukovar (25), Osijek (10), Pula (10), and in Slavonski Brod (10).