Surname Barčić in modern Croatia

Barčić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Rijeka. In Podrebar in Vrbovsko area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Barčić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Barčić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Kampor on the Island of Rab (20), Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (10), Mundanije on the Island of Rab (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (1).
Family name Barčić (including: Barcic , Barchiche , Barcas , Bartschi , Barcich , Barchick , Bartschy and Bartschmid ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Barcic " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Barcich " is used by few people in the United States. "Bartschi " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Josip Barčić, Željko Barčić, Boris Barčić, Jasna Barčić, Roko Barčić, Damir Barčić, Zlatko Barčić, Domina Barčić, Darko Barčić, Petra Barčić, Nensi Barčić, Adriana Barčić, Ivan Barčić, Erazmo Barčić, Ante Barčić, Bistra Barčić, Silvana Barčić, Marko Barčić, Alen Barčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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