Surname Karčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Karčić families are generally Croats (from the Island of Losinj ), barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj and in Zagreb. In Unije on the Island of Losinj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Karčić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Karčić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Mali Losinj (10) and Unije (<10) on the Island of Losinj, Pula (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Labin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 55 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (51), Canada (2), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Karčić (including: Karcic , Karcich , Charcas , Carcich , Carcas , Kharchich , Karchich , Carcass , Karchnick and Carcic ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Karcic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Karcich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Karchnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Karčić, Mario Karčić, Fikret Karčić, Milena Karčić, Borka Karčić, Mira Karčić, Saša Karčić, Vedran Karčić, Luka Karčić, Edin Karčić, Hedviga Karčić, Ljiljana Karčić, Marko Karčić, Natalie Karčić, Maria Karčić, Slavica Karčić, Ivan Karčić, Andrija Karčić, Palma Karčić

Mentions in sources

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

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