Surname Korica in modern Croatia

Korica families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Mogorić in Gospic every sixth inhabitant had the family name Korica.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Korica live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Rijeka (25), Mogoric (20), Zadar (15), and in Vinkovci (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Korica (including: Corica , Ciorica , Coritza , Corizza , Coriza , Koritza , Koricha and Chorizah ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Korica " is used by some 400 people in Burundi , about 100 in Pakistan , and small number of people in the United States. "Koritza " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Corica " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 500 in Argentina , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Korica, Dušan Korica, Veljko Korica, Velimir Korica, Nikica Korica, Radomir Korica, Ela Korica, Momir Korica, Goran Korica, Perica Korica, Miodrag Korica, Miljenko Korica, Ivana Korica, Predrag Korica, Nebojša Korica, Damir Korica, Bojana Korica, Maja Korica, Kristijan Korica

Mentions in sources

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

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