Surname Karić in modern Croatia

Karić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area , also Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ), very rarely Serbs. According to some sources the family name originates from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Gospic area. In Donji Čažanj in North Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Karić.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Karić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Slavonski Brod (25), Kvarte in Gospic area (20), Split (20), and in Kutina (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Austria (2), the Netherlands (2), Canada (1), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Karić (including: Karic , Karich , Kahric , Kariche , Karicho , Karichu , Karichi , Karick , Karici and Karicha ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. The family name "Karic " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Austria. "Karich " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 70 people in Russian Federation. "Karick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Karić, Ana Karić, Željko Karić, Tomislav Karić, Hrvoje Karić, Nedžad Karić, Ervin Karić, Jadranka Karić, Alma Karić, Marko Karić, Ranka Karić, Edvin Karić, Spomenko Karić, Elvira Karić, Dražen Karić, Mirsad Karić, Džemila Karić, Senad Karić, Dina Karić

Mentions in sources

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

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