Surname Hržić in modern Croatia

Hržić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. According to some sources vuku korijene from Rosko Polje, northwest Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and on the Island of Brac. In Velika Rakovica in Samobor every fifth inhabitant had the family name Hržić.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Hržić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Supetar on the Island of Brac (55), Prelog (35), Samobor (25), and in Malinska on the Island of Krk (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (17), Australia (3), Argentina (3), France (2), and to Germany (2).
Family name Hržić (including: Hrzic , Hrzich , Herzich and Herzic ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Hrzic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Chile , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Hrzich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Herzich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Hržić, Alisa Hržić, Oleg Hržić, Marijana Hržić, Tea Hržić, Nikša Hržić, Igor Hržić, Fran Hržić, Davorka Hržić, Anđelko Hržić, Sanja Hržić, Nikola Hržić, Nada Hržić, Nataša Hržić, Marjan Hržić, Željko Hržić, Valentina Hržić, Jerko Hržić, Josip Hržić

Mentions in sources

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

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