Surname Lazić in modern Croatia

Lazić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vukovar area , whereas often Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). According to some sources the family name originates and s Kosovo. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Matković Mala in Slavonski Brod area every third inhabitant had the family name Lazić.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Lazić live in Croatia today, in 810 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 177 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Vukovar (65), Rijeka (60), Osijek (60), and in Slavonski Brod (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 34 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), Germany (8), Australia (4), France (4), the United Kingdom (4), Switzerland (3), and to Austria (2).
Family name Lazić (including: Lazic , Lazich , Lazici and Lazics ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Lazic " is used by some 500 people in Myanmar , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Germany. "Lazich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Alojzije Lazić, Dražen Lazić, Đurđica Lazić, Jelenko Lazić, Ratimir Lazić, Ladislav Lazić, Nikolaj Lazić, Stanko Lazić, Srećko Lazić, Nebojša Lazić, Biserka Lazić, Suzana Lazić, Goran Lazić, Mario Lazić, Hrvoje Lazić, Dario Lazić, Miriam Lazić, Zoran Lazić, Draško Lazić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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