Surname Novačić in modern Croatia

Novačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Garesnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic. In Donji Dragičevci in Cazma every fifth inhabitant had the family name Novačić.

Prevalence

About 650 people with faimily name Novačić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 880 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Gospic (30), Popovaca in Kutina area (25), Sesvete (25), and in Bestovje in Samobor area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), Germany (3), Switzerland (3), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Novačić (including: Novacic , Novacich , Novachich , Novachick and Nowatschin ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Novacic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Novacich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Novachich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karlo Novačić, Terezija Novačić, Kata Novačić, Ivan Novačić, Sanja Novačić, Ivanka Novačić, Zoran Novačić, Ladislav Novačić, Mato Novačić, Tomislav Novačić, Srećko Novačić, Mirjana Novačić, Jelena Novačić, Jasminka Novačić, Milan Novačić, Loredana Novačić, Ana Novačić, Antica Novačić, Željko Novačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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