Surname Egić in modern Croatia

Egić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj area , whereas often Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Egić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Zadar (10), Sisak (10), Vukovar (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Egić (including: Egic , Hegic , Egich and Egick ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Egich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Egick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hegic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Darko Egić, Goran Egić, Božidar Egić, Aleksandar Egić, Draško Egić, Ljiljana Egić, Aquilla Egić, Boris Egić, Ranko Egić, Liljana Egić, Zoran Egić, Danica Egić, Nenad Egić, Dean Egić, Hrvoje Egić, Višnja Egić, Jovanka Egić, Jadranka Egić, Blaženka Egić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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