Surname Maršić in modern Croatia

Maršić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Maršić live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 83 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (150), Split (100), Bosnjaci in Zupanja area (80), and in Strizivojna in Djakovo area (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 38 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Australia (8), Germany (5), Canada (4), France (2), Austria (2), Switzerland (1), Belgium (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Maršić (including: Marsic , Marsich , Marsick , Marshick and Marshlick ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Marsic " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Marsich " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Japan. "Marsick " is used by some 70 people in France , some 70 people in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Maršić, Irena Maršić, Diana Maršić, Ivan Maršić, Tereza Maršić, Stjepan Maršić, Tatjana Maršić, Tihomir Maršić, Tošo Maršić, Vlado Maršić, Jurica Maršić, Milivoj Maršić, Robert Maršić, Tomislav Maršić, Luka Maršić, Nataša Maršić, Marko Maršić, Josip Maršić, Denis Maršić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1516 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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