Surname Gašparić in modern Croatia

Gašparić families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Ježovec in Lepoglava area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Gašparić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Gašparić live in Croatia today, in 550 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 155 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Koprivnica (115), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (65), Jezovec in Lepoglava area (40), and in Klostar Vojakovacki (35).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (3), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Gašparić (including: Gasparic , Gasparich , Gasparics , Gasparitsch , Gasparick and Gasparicz ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Gasparic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Gasparich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in New Zealand , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in Hungary. "Gasparitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Gašparić, Ivica Gašparić, Valent Gašparić, Ivan Gašparić, Stjepan Gašparić, Zlata Gašparić, Mario Gašparić, Alen Gašparić, Damir Gašparić, Vojko Gašparić, Krunoslav Gašparić, Dražen Gašparić, Igor Gašparić, Kristinka Gašparić, Sanja Gašparić, Željko Gašparić, Krešimir Gašparić, Nives Gašparić, Karlo Gašparić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1701 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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