Surname Ivšić in modern Croatia

Ivšić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb. In Dubravčani in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ivšić.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Ivšić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Dubravcani in Duga Resa area (70), Zagreb (65), Sisak (35), Karlovac (30), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Canada (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Ivšić (including: Ivsic , Ivsich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Ivsich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Ivšić, Tihomir Ivšić, Jasna Ivšić, Damir Ivšić, Vlasta Ivšić, Milan Ivšić, Josip Ivšić, Vladimir Ivšić, Nikola Ivšić, Ivica Ivšić, Branimir Ivšić, Zlata Ivšić, Željko Ivšić, Marijan Ivšić, Dražen Ivšić, Bernarda Ivšić, Stjepan Ivšić, Emica Ivšić, Zrinoslav Ivšić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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