Surname Demić in modern Croatia

Demić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina , also Croats (from Bjelovar ) and Bosniaks. According to some sources the family name originates from south Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Bjelovar. In Gornji Klasnić in Glina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Demić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Demić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Donji Klasnic (<10), Rijeka (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Bijele Vode (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Austria (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Demić (including: Demich , Demick , Demic , Demiche , Demichiel , Demici , Demichiei , Demmick , Demicz and Demicha ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Demic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Demich " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 300 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in the United States. "Demick " is used by some 800 people in the United States and about 50 in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Bogdan Demić, Željko Demić, Igor Demić, Blanka Demić, Hazir Demić, Amir Demić, Antonija Demić, Sanja Demić, Zdravko Demić, Emina Demić, Tanja Demić, Senad Demić, Miroslav Demić, David Demić, Ilija Demić, Amalija Demić, Dejan Demić, Mirko Demić, Zoran Demić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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