Surname Bravić in modern Croatia

Bravić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Bravić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Caporice (45) and Tijarica (20) in Sinj area, Osijek (15), Vrbanja in Zupanja area (15), and in Viskovci in Djakovo area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bravić (including: Bravich , Bravic , Bravichev , Bravick and Brawitsch ) is present in 9 countries on two continents. "Brawitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bravick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Bravić, Darko Bravić, Marija Bravić, Bože Bravić, Ivan Bravić, Katja Bravić, Danijela Bravić, Ivica Bravić, Ines Bravić, Silvestar Bravić, Zorica Bravić, Jure Bravić, Dragica Bravić, Siniša Bravić, Jasminka Bravić, Anđelka Bravić, Marko Bravić, Zlatko Bravić, Jasmina Bravić

Mentions in sources

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

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