Surname Kiršić in modern Croatia

Kiršić families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula. In Jurazini in Labin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kiršić.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Kiršić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Jurazini (35) and Nedescina (25) in Labin area, Labin (25), Rijeka (10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (9) and Argentina (1).
Family name Kiršić (including: Kirsic , Kirsich and Kirshnick ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Kirsic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kirshnick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valter Kiršić, Ivona Kiršić, Diana Kiršić, Dario Kiršić, Andrea Kiršić, Gabriela Kiršić, Adriano Kiršić, Mihael Kiršić, Mario Kiršić, Marijana Kiršić, Branka Kiršić, Ivan Kiršić, Graciela Kiršić, Gracijela Kiršić, Gordana Kiršić, Alen Kiršić, Vilim Kiršić, Dalibor Kiršić, Boris Kiršić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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