Surname Garić in modern Croatia

Garić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , barely Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Brod area) and in Slavonski Brod. In Koraće in Bosanian Posavina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Garić.

Prevalence

About 860 people with faimily name Garić live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 51 cities and 91 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (185), Zagreb (150), Osijek (25), Pozega (25), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (4), Austria (4), Germany (4), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Garić (including: Garic , Garrick , Garich , Garric , Garick , Garics , Garici , Gariche , Garichi and Garicha ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. The family name "Garic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Garich " is used by some 300 people in Morocco , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Garick " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Garić, Igor Garić, Zoran Garić, Ivica Garić, Ivana Garić, Tomo Garić, Maja Garić, Denis Garić, Mario Garić, Marica Garić, Zvonko Garić, Miroslav Garić, Miladin Garić, Mirica Garić, Sonja Garić, Andrej Garić, Pavo Garić, Željko Garić, Anto Garić

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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