Surname Brać in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brać families are almost entirely Croats (from East Herzegovine ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area) and in Dubrovnik. In Cicrina in East Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Brać.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Brać live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (<10), Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brać (including: Brac , Brach , Bracho , Brack , Bratsch , Brache , Bracht , Brazz , Braci and Bracz ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. "Brach " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Germany. "Bratsch " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Austria. "Brazz " is used by some 100 people in Brazil and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Brać, Boško Brać, Ankica Brać, Nikola Brać, Mirjana Brać, Mariana Brać, Petar Brać, Sanja Brać, Dragica Brać, Marica Brać, Ivica Brać, Mario Brać, Dubravko Brać, Valentina Brać, Ante Brać, Senka Brać, Slavko Brać, Leona Brać, Lukša Brać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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