Surname Duić in modern Croatia

Duić families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic (Pazariste). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic. In Vranovine in Gospic every third inhabitant had the family name Duić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Duić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Split (15), Sesvete (15), Karlovac (15), and in Gospic (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Duić (including: Duic , Duyck , Duich , Duick , Duitsch and Duych ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Duic " is used by some 100 people in France , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada. "Duich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in Argentina , and small number of people in Iran. "Duick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Duić, Matija Duić, Branko Duić, Ljerka Duić, Neven Duić, Željko Duić, Jasna Duić, Milan Duić, Tomislav Duić, Robert Duić, Tatjana Duić, Davorin Duić, Josip Duić, Anton Duić, Damir Duić, Irena Duić, Ljubica Duić, Frano Duić, Ivanka Duić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1705 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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