Surname Kerić in modern Croatia

Kerić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik , also Serbs and Bosniaks (from middle Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In Gornje Krčevine in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Kerić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Kerić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 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 18 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (20), Komletinci in Vinkovci area (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kerić (including: Keric , Kerich , Kerrick , Kericho , Kerriche , Kerrich , Kerric , Kerick , Kheric and Keryc ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Keric " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Ivory Coast , and some 60 people in Germany. "Kerich " is used by some 5000 people in Kenya , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Kerick " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Kerić, Sajid Kerić, Mirsad Kerić, Ivka Kerić, Kata Kerić, Nedeljko Kerić, Dušan Kerić, Đurđica Kerić, Anđelka Kerić, Jelena Kerić, Jasminka Kerić, Indira Kerić, Vedran Kerić, Zoran Kerić, Anka Kerić, Zlatko Kerić, Davor Kerić, Dario Kerić, Srdjana Kerić

Mentions in sources

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

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