Surname Gavrić in modern Croatia

Gavrić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Novi Travnik area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area). In places Kovačići and Kobilja in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Gavrić.

Prevalence

About 980 people with faimily name Gavrić live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 67 cities and 146 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Slavonski Brod (55), Cerovac Vukmanicki (35), Rijeka (35), and in Sesvete (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (5), Germany (3), Austria (1), the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Gavrić (including: Gavric , Gavrich , Gawrich , Gavrick , Gavrichek , Gavrichko , Gavryck , Gaverick , Gavrichuk and Gavrych ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Gavrich " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 70 in the United States , and some 50 people in Ukraine. "Gawrich " is used by some 100 people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Gavrick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Gavrić, Momčilo Gavrić, Morena Gavrić, Dario Gavrić, Mato Gavrić, Marica Gavrić, Jozo Gavrić, Slavica Gavrić, Krunoslava Gavrić, Saša Gavrić, Damir Gavrić, Miroslav Gavrić, Vedran Gavrić, Dalibor Gavrić, Vlado Gavrić, Grga Gavrić, Anto Gavrić, Svjetlana Gavrić, Ivica Gavrić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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