Surname Jamić in modern Croatia

Jamić families are Croats and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Hrvatska Kostajnica. In Kostrići in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jamić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Jamić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Majur in Cazma area (10), Majur in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Sisak (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jamić (including: Jamic , Yamich , Yamych , Lyamich , Jamick , Lyamych and Jamiec ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Yamich " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Jamiec " is used by few people in the United States. "Jamick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Jamić, Nikolina Jamić, Dalibor Jamić, Alenka Jamić, Dario Jamić, Alen Jamić, Goran Jamić, Mirjana Jamić, Pero Jamić, Dražen Jamić, Nikola Jamić, Milan Jamić, Jasminka Jamić, Barbara Jamić, Zoran Jamić, Andreja Jamić, Svjetlana Jamić, Darijo Jamić, Mladen Jamić

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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