Surname Korić in modern Croatia

Korić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Korić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Davor in Nova Gradiska area (25), Veprinac (15), Cilipi in Dubrovnik area (10), Icici (10), and in Poljane (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Korić (including: Koric , Korichi , Koricho , Korich , Koriche , Korrick , Korick , Koricha , Koritsch and Korrich ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Koric " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Korich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Morocco , and some 90 people in Algeria. "Korick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Korić, Miranda Korić, Franjo Korić, Emil Korić, Dunja Korić, Mirjana Korić, Ivanka Korić, Sanjin Korić, Branka Korić, Marijan Korić, Serđo Korić, Margareta Korić, Antun Korić, Igor Korić, Marina Korić, Andrej Korić, Ljiljana Korić, Aleksandar Korić, Zdenka Korić

Mentions in sources

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

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