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Surname Forca in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Forca families are Croats (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Buzet. In Forčići in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Forca.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Forca live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Umag (<10), Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<5), Lovran in Opatija area (<5), and in Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Forca (including: Forza , Forcha and Forzza ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Forca " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Forcha " is used by some 1000 people in Cameroon , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Ghana.
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Characteristic first names
Adrijana Forca,
Daniela Forca,
Darko Forca,
Davor Forca,
Hrvojka Forca,
Đulijano Forca,
Renato Forca,
Ljubo Forca,
Josip Forca,
Đurđa Forca,
Ivana Forca,
Viktor Forca,
Zdravka Forca,
Vesna Forca,
Margita Forca,
Robert Forca,
Kristina Forca,
Antonio Forca,
Anton Forca
