Surname Gorički in modern Croatia

Gorički families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Zleć in Zabok area every third inhabitant had the family name Gorički.

Prevalence

About 790 people with faimily name Gorički live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 950 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 85 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (105), Beloslavec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (45), Zlec in Zabok area (35), and in Grdenci (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), France (3), Australia (2), the United States (1), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Gorički (including: Goricki , Gorycki and Gorichky ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Goricki " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 60 in Germany. "Gorichky " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gorycki " is used by some 500 people in Poland and about 80 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Gorički, Ivana Gorički, Božidar Gorički, Marko Gorički, Davor Gorički, Bojan Gorički, Robert Gorički, Dražen Gorički, Slavko Gorički, Mladen Gorički, Mirjana Gorički, Ljerka Gorički, Slava Gorički, Andrija Gorički, Marijan Gorički, Dubravka Gorički, Josip Gorički, Jadranka Gorički, Snježana Gorički

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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