Surname Friščić in modern Croatia

Friščić families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Friščić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Ivanec (180), Zagreb (65), Varazdin (55), Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (55), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (15), the United States (3), Germany (3), Switzerland (2), France (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Friščić (including: Friscic , Friscich and Friscas ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Friscic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Australia , and some 50 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Josip Friščić, Vinko Friščić, Danko Friščić, Vera Friščić, Miroslav Friščić, Marina Friščić, Sanda Friščić, Srećko Friščić, Vilim Friščić, Ljiljana Friščić, Ivan Friščić, Damir Friščić, Dinko Friščić, Gordana Friščić, Krunoslav Friščić, Nikola Friščić, Dario Friščić, Zvonimir Friščić, Alojzije Friščić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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