Surname Berica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Berica families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Berica live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Njivice on the Island of Krk (<5) and Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berica (including: Bericchia , Bericha and Berrica ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Bericchia " is used by some 60 people in Italy and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Berica, Krunoslava Berica, Darko Berica, Branka Berica, Sunčica Berica, Ljubomir Berica, Ante Berica, Antonija Berica, Antun Berica, Božica Berica, Dobroslava Berica, Domina Berica, Grgur Berica, Jelica Berica, Jelina Berica, Joka Berica, Kata Berica, Katica Berica, Marija Berica

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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