Surname Beritić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Beritić families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar and in Split.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Beritić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (20), Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<5), and in Cilipi in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Beritić (including: Beritic , Beritich and Beritiech ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Beritich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Beritiech " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maroje Beritić, Damjan Beritić, Jasna Beritić, Dean Beritić, Ines Beritić, Marijana Beritić, Josipa Beritić, Tihomil Beritić, Tea Beritić, Mario Beritić, Dubravka Beritić, Lukša Beritić, Gojko Beritić, Katijana Beritić, Dunja Beritić, Ivan Beritić, Ante Beritić, Vera Beritić, Gordana Beritić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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