Surname Forić in modern Croatia

Forić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab , often Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Forić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sesvete (10), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), and in Banjol (<10) and Palit (<10) on the Island of Rab.

Outside Croatia

Family name Forić (including: Foric , Forichi , Forich , Forrich and Foriche ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Foric " is used by some 60 people in Sweden , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Denmark.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Forić, Saša Forić, Ljubanka Forić, Karlo Forić, Zdravko Forić, Stanko Forić, Amela Forić, Ivana Forić, Galib Forić, Alisa Forić, Iva Forić, Fikret Forić, Mario Forić, Emzudin Forić, Dževad Forić, Vladimir Forić, Islam Forić, Sebiha Forić, Miroslav Forić

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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