Surname Gorša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gorša families are almost entirely Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gorša live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (10), Sunja in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Daruvar (<10), and in Nasice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gorša (including: Gorsa , Gorsha , Gorschar , Gorschak , Gorschal and Gorshva ) is present in 15 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Gorša, Miroslav Gorša, Tihomir Gorša, Stjepan Gorša, Anka Gorša, Damir Gorša, Jadranka Gorša, Nada Gorša, Goran Gorša, Petar Gorša, Dario Gorša, Svjetlana Gorša, Dražen Gorša, Suzana Gorša, Zlata Gorša, Matija Gorša, Mateja Gorša, Katarina Gorša, Darko Gorša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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