Surname Brčić in modern Croatia

Brčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. According to some sources they are from Zrnovo on the Island of Korcula and Livno area (Bosnia/Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In Budak in Benkovac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Brčić.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Brčić live in Croatia today, in 630 households. There were 1200 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 53 cities and 111 other places, mostly in Zagreb (315), Budak in Benkovac area (100), Split (95), Zadar (65), and in Vrbanja in Zupanja area (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 29 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (6), Australia (5), Canada (2), Switzerland (2), Austria (2), Sweden (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Brčić (including: Brcic , Brcich , Bercich , Brtschi , Berchich and Bercic ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Brcich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bercich " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Argentina. "Berchich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Brčić, Iva Brčić, Ruža Brčić, Stjepan Brčić, Hrvojka Brčić, Slaven Brčić, Juraj Brčić, Ivan Brčić, Katarina Brčić, Ana Brčić, Ninoslav Brčić, Jozo Brčić, Diana Brčić, Gordana Brčić, Marin Brčić, Branka Brčić, Luka Brčić, Neven Brčić, Držislav Brčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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