Surname Kovačić in modern Croatia

Kovačić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. According to some sources they are from Lika, Podravina (Djurdjevac) and northeast Bosnia, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Čelina in Omis nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kovačić.

Prevalence

About 9700 people with faimily name Kovačić live in Croatia today, in 4100 households. There were 9900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 109 cities and 775 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1755), Split (310), Rijeka (215), Velika Gorica (200), and in Sesvete (195).

Outside Croatia

At least 158 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (56), the United States (28), Australia (24), Canada (13), Austria (11), Belgium (6), France (6), Sweden (5), Switzerland (4), Argentina (3), the Netherlands (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Kovačić (including: Kovacic , Kovacich , Kovacsics , Kovachich , Covacich , Kovachic , Kowacic , Kowacich , Covacic and Kovachick ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovacic " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 3000 people in Slovakia. "Kovachic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kovacich " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 70 in Italy , and some 60 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kovačić, Damir Kovačić, Lovro Kovačić, Denis Kovačić, Mirjana Kovačić, Slavko Kovačić, Dubravko Kovačić, Dušan Kovačić, Davorin Kovačić, Dinko Kovačić, Vedran Kovačić, Darko Kovačić, Krešimir Kovačić, Sanjin Kovačić, Ivan Kovačić, Kuzma Kovačić, Doris Kovačić, Antonija Kovačić, Maja Kovačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over three hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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