Surname Devčić in modern Croatia

Devčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj. According to some sources s makarskog primorja (Podgora). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj and Zagreb. In Krasno Polje in Senj every third inhabitant had the family name Devčić.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Devčić live in Croatia today, in 850 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 162 other places, mostly in Zagreb (345), Rijeka (170), Krasno Polje (160), Pozega (90), and in Gospic (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), the United States (7), Australia (6), Switzerland (3), the Netherlands (3), Canada (2), Sweden (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Devčić (including: Devcic , Devcich ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Devcic " is used by some 300 people in Chile , about 200 in Australia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Devcich " is used by some 100 people in New Zealand , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Milan Devčić, Vjekoslav Devčić, Sanja Devčić, Željko Devčić, Miljenko Devčić, Ivan Devčić, Davor Devčić, Ante Devčić, Neda Devčić, Niko Devčić, Lovorka Devčić, Krešimir Devčić, Vinko Devčić, Vilim Devčić, Tomislav Devčić, Damir Devčić, Mirko Devčić, Goran Devčić, Bojan Devčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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