Surname Medica in modern Croatia

Medica families are often Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area , less frequently Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buzet. In Martinci in Buzet nearly every inhabitant had the family name Medica.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Medica live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Buzet (30), Podgace in Buzet area (20), Rijeka (20), and in Umag (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (5), Sweden (3), the United States (3), the Netherlands (2), Argentina (2), Australia (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Medica (including: Médica , Mediza , Medizza and Medicha ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Medica " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Igor Medica, Vladimir Medica, Nevio Medica, Nenad Medica, Milenko Medica, Marino Medica, Boris Medica, Deana Medica, Mark Medica, Milovan Medica, Oleg Medica, David Medica, Anita Medica, Antonieta Medica, Goran Medica, Marlena Medica, Vesna Medica, Mladen Medica, Davor Medica

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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