Surname Modić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Modić families are predominantly Croats (from Velika Gorica ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prnjavor area) and in Zagreb. In Donji Galjipovci in Bosnian Krajina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Modić.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Modić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Velika Mlaka (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Modić (including: Modic , Modich and Modick ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Modic " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 90 people in Argentina. "Modich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Modick " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranko Modić, Mira Modić, Svetozar Modić, Ljubiša Modić, Loreta Modić, Ljiljana Modić, Terezija Modić, Branko Modić, Jasna Modić, Marica Modić, Branka Modić, Dijana Modić, Lana Modić, Marin Modić, Nenad Modić, Ivan Modić, Marija Modić, Barbara Modić, Ana Modić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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