Surname Ferić in modern Croatia

Ferić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pleternica area. According to some sources they are from Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Djakovo. In Stupnički Kuti in Pleternica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Ferić.

Prevalence

About 750 people with faimily name Ferić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 890 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 28 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Split (80), Slavonski Brod (50), Novi Perkovci (45), and in Bebrina in Pleternica area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (2), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Ferić (including: Feric , Ferrick , Ferich , Fehric , Ferick , Feriche , Ferric , Fericho , Feritsch and Ferrici ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Feric " is used by some 60 people in Ghana , small number in Canada , and small number in the United States. "Ferich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Algeria , and small number of people in Hungary. "Ferick " is used by small number of people in Tanzania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Ferić, Vicko Ferić, Ivana Ferić, Zoran Ferić, Nikola Ferić, Miljenko Ferić, Želimir Ferić, Diana Ferić, Marko Ferić, Boris Ferić, Ivo Ferić, Velimir Ferić, Manuela Ferić, Mirjana Ferić, Damir Ferić, Matija Ferić, Željko Ferić, Branimir Ferić, Snježana Ferić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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