Surname Katarić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Katarić families are predominantly Croats (from Pozega area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Pozega. In Islam Grčki in Benkovac every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Katarić.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Katarić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Orljavac in Pozega area (<10), Rijeka (<5), Pozega (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Islam Grcki (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Katarić is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Katarić, Tatjana Katarić, Zlatan Katarić, Željka Katarić, Vesna Katarić, Filip Katarić, Zvonimir Katarić, Svjetlana Katarić, Drago Katarić, Stevanija Katarić, Dragica Katarić, Stanko Katarić, Dragan Katarić, Jovan Katarić, Nevenka Katarić, Petar Katarić, Sofija Katarić, Branko Katarić, Mara Katarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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