Surname Medić in modern Croatia

Medić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, also Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb. In Zaklopac in Knin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Medić.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Medić live in Croatia today, in 920 households. There were 2200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 76 cities and 179 other places, mostly in Zagreb (430), Petrcane (105), Split (100), Zadar (100), and in Brela in Makarska area (90).

Outside Croatia

At least 44 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), Germany (12), Australia (5), South Africa (5), Austria (2), Canada (2), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), and to Uruguay (1).
Family name Medić (including: Medici , Medic , Medich , Meditsch , Medick , Medichi , Medicci , Meddick , Meddich and Medicha ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. The family name "Medic " is used by some 600 people in Indonesia , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Viet Nam. "Medich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Medick " is used by some 300 people in the United States and about 100 in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Dobroslav Medić, Mane Medić, Đuro Medić, Alan Medić, Srđan Medić, Hrvoje Medić, Ivan Medić, Marko Medić, Sanja Medić, Vesna Medić, Igor Medić, Marin Medić, Marino Medić, Berislav Medić, Vedrana Medić, Ana Medić, Jakiša Medić, Robert Medić, Petar Medić

Mentions in sources

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

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