Surname Magdić in modern Croatia

Magdić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Ogulin. In Korita in Slunj area every third inhabitant had the family name Magdić.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Magdić live in Croatia today, in 710 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 179 other places, mostly in Zagreb (265), Ogulin (155), Karlovac (105), Nustar in Vinkovci area (35), and in Slunj (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Australia (5), the United States (4), Austria (3), Sweden (2), Canada (1), Norway (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Magdić (including: Magdic , Magdich , Magdych , Magdici , Magdycz , Magditsch and Magdics ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Magdic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 90 people in Canada. "Magditsch " is used by few people in the United States. "Magdici " is used by some 500 people in Romania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Moldova.

Characteristic first names

Petar Magdić, Marija Magdić, Višnja Magdić, Milivoj Magdić, Jasmina Magdić, Nikola Magdić, Alen Magdić, Ante Magdić, Ivanka Magdić, Josip Magdić, Mihovil Magdić, Ivan Magdić, Dijana Magdić, Tihomir Magdić, Lada Magdić, Damir Magdić, Silvije Magdić, Helena Magdić, Gordan Magdić

Mentions in sources

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

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