Surname Bračić in modern Croatia

Bračić families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In Puljane in Knin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bračić.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Bračić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Zadar (95), Sibenik (25), Split (20), and in Sesvete (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bračić (including: Bracic , Bratschi , Bracich , Bratschie , Bratschitsch , Bracas and Brachich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Bracic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Canada. "Bracich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bratschi " is used by some 300 people in Switzerland , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Uruguay.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Bračić, Snježana Bračić, Ivan Bračić, Krešimir Bračić, Irena Bračić, Miroslav Bračić, Mirjana Bračić, Marina Bračić, Marijana Bračić, Dražen Bračić, Zoran Bračić, Martina Bračić, Biljana Bračić, Meri Bračić, Petar Bračić, Nada Bračić, Jele Bračić, Hrvoje Bračić, Ante Bračić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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