Surname Ogrizović in modern Croatia

Ogrizović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Vukovar. In Blata in Slunj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ogrizović.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Ogrizović live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Vukovar (15), Josipdol in Ogulin area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Ogrizović (including: Ogrizovich , Ogrizovic ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Ogrizovic " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in Italy , and small number of people in the United States. "Ogrizovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Ogrizović, Ljiljana Ogrizović, Darius Ogrizović, Dario Ogrizović, Petar Ogrizović, Zoran Ogrizović, Danijela Ogrizović, Miljenko Ogrizović, Višnja Ogrizović, Bogdan Ogrizović, Željko Ogrizović, Anita Ogrizović, Mihajlo Ogrizović, Milan Ogrizović, Vida Ogrizović, Ljuba Ogrizović, Vesna Ogrizović, Sandra Ogrizović, Tanja Ogrizović

Mentions in sources

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

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