Surname Martić in modern Croatia

Martić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Doboj area. According to some sources they are from Posusje or Neum area (Herzegovina), Rama (north Herzegovina), Poljica near Split, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Brod area). In places Gornja Lovnica and Zapeće in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Martić.

Prevalence

About 2500 people with faimily name Martić live in Croatia today, in 970 households. There were 900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 80 cities and 250 other places, mostly in Zagreb (435), Slavonski Brod (200), Split (105), Sesvete (100), and in Gornja Vrba in Slavonski Brod area (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 45 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (18), Switzerland (11), the United States (7), Austria (5), and to Australia (4).
Family name Martić (including: Martich , Martic , Martych , Martitsch , Marthick , Martichon , Martick , Martycz and Martichuk ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Martic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Martich " is used by some 700 people in Dominican Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Ukraine. "Martitsch " is used by some 50 people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Martić, Relja Martić, Krešimir Martić, Matija Martić, Jasna Martić, Maja Martić, Đuro Martić, Nenad Martić, Nataša Martić, Zlatko Martić, Sandra Martić, Ivica Martić, Berislav Martić, Neda Martić, Željka Martić, Anto Martić, Mario Martić, Nada Martić, Milenko Martić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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