Surname Kirac in modern Croatia

Kirac families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kirac live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Medulin in Pula area (45), Pula (10), Zagreb (<10), Kraljevica (<10), and in Pomer in Pula area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Kirac (including: Kiraz , Chirac , Chiraz , Cirac , Chadirac , Cirach , Kirach , Cierach and Kyrach ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Kiraz " is used by some 20000 people in Turkey , about 400 in Germany , and some 70 people in the United States. "Cirac " is used by some 200 people in Spain , about 80 in Italy , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Kirac, Petar Kirac, Jadranka Kirac, Neven Kirac, Anton Kirac, Dino Kirac, Nevenka Kirac, Ana Kirac, Gordan Kirac, Dean Kirac, Daniel Kirac, Virginia Kirac, Dubravka Kirac, Moreno Kirac, Mihaela Kirac, Libuša Kirac, Ingrid Kirac, Ivan Kirac, Sonja Kirac

Mentions in sources

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

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