Surname Barbarić in modern Croatia

Barbarić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. According to some sources they are from west Herzegovina (Citluk and Siroki Brijeg). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In places Knešpolje and Dragičina in Herzegovina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Barbarić.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Barbarić live in Croatia today, in 600 households. There were 850 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 112 other places, mostly in Zagreb (470), Split (105), Zrnovnica (60), Slavonski Brod (55), and in Velika Gorica (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 43 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (19), Germany (6), South Africa (5), France (3), Switzerland (3), the United States (2), Austria (1), Argentina (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Barbarić (including: Barbaric , Barbarich , Barbarick , Barbarics and Barbarych ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Barbarich " is used by some 200 people in Belarus , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Barbarick " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Barbarics " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Krešo Barbarić, Lovorko Barbarić, Zoran Barbarić, Ljiljana Barbarić, Kata Barbarić, Irena Barbarić, Jakša Barbarić, Damir Barbarić, Mirko Barbarić, Živko Barbarić, Ana Barbarić, Kristina Barbarić, Marija Barbarić, Josip Barbarić, Nera Barbarić, Stjepan Barbarić, Monika Barbarić, Mario Barbarić, Ivo Barbarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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