Surname Guzić in modern Croatia

Guzić families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Split.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Guzić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Perusic Donji (55), Benkovac (25), Perusic Benkovacki (20), Zadar (20), and in Sopot (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Guzić (including: Guzic , Guzich , Guziec , Guzick , Gueziec and Guzych ) is present in 17 countries on three continents. The family name "Guzic " is used by some 500 people in Moldova , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Romania. "Guziec " is used by some 300 people in Poland and about 100 in the United States. "Guzick " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Šime Guzić, Tomislav Guzić, Zvonimir Guzić, Sanela Guzić, Nada Guzić, Marina Guzić, Anka Guzić, Zdenko Guzić, Vito Guzić, Ivana Guzić, Roko Guzić, Željka Guzić, Ante Guzić, Milenko Guzić, Dragica Guzić, Mladen Guzić, Monika Guzić, Đani Guzić, Vanja Guzić

Mentions in sources

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

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