Surname Nožarić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nožarić families are almost entirely Croats (from Pakrac ), barely Macedonians (from Karlovac ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Petrinja. In Međurače in Petrinja every sixth inhabitant had the family name Nožarić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Nožarić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pakrac (<10), Karlovac (<10), Prekopakra (<10), Medjurace (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nožarić is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslav Nožarić, Olivera Nožarić, Viljem Nožarić, Željka Nožarić, Sanja Nožarić, Antonija Nožarić, Sanjin Nožarić, Jasna Nožarić, Marica Nožarić, Josip Nožarić, Snježana Nožarić, Jelena Nožarić, Mirko Nožarić, Ivan Nožarić, Anđica Nožarić, Dubravka Nožarić, Stjepan Nožarić, Tomana Nožarić, Sanela Nožarić

Mentions in sources

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

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