Surname Maričić in modern Croatia

Maričić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. According to some sources they are from Novi Vinodolski or Poljicka Krajina Region, less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar. In Zaton Obrovački in Benkovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Maričić.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Maričić live in Croatia today, in 910 households. There were 2000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 157 other places, mostly in Zagreb (385), Rijeka (140), Zadar (130), Djakovo (70), and in Zupanja (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 72 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (24), the United States (19), Germany (18), Austria (4), France (2), Switzerland (2), Canada (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Maričić (including: Maricic , Maricich , Marichic , Marichich , Maritschnig , Maritschnik and Maricas ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Maricic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in Austria. "Marichic " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States. "Maricich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in South Africa , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Davor Maričić, Nikola Maričić, Domagoj Maričić, Martina Maričić, Dušan Maričić, Igor Maričić, Jelena Maričić, Nikica Maričić, Tomislav Maričić, Anton Maričić, Siniša Maričić, Dubravko Maričić, Milan Maričić, Marin Maričić, Žarko Maričić, Marino Maričić, Stjepan Maričić, Ilija Maričić, Marko Maričić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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