Surname Basarić in modern Croatia

Basarić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Veliki Bilač in Pleternica area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Basarić.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Basarić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Osijek (15), Lepoglava (15), Split (10), and in Nova Gradiska (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), France (1), Switzerland (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Basarić (including: Basaric , Basarich and Başarici ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Basaric " is used by some 50 people in Honduras , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany , small number of people in Italy. "Basarich " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Basarić, Nikola Basarić, Aljoša Basarić, Srđan Basarić, Damir Basarić, Vladimir Basarić, Branko Basarić, Jasna Basarić, Goran Basarić, Zdenko Basarić, Željko Basarić, Zvonko Basarić, Zlata Basarić, Miroslav Basarić, Dalibor Basarić, Natalija Basarić, Velimir Basarić, Milan Basarić, Anka Basarić

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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