Surname Orsić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Orsić families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (also from Vinkovci area ), and barely Hungarians (again from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Orsić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Dalj in Vinkovci area (30), Podgorac in Nasice area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orsić (including: Orsic , Orsich , Orsick and Orssich ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Orsic " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Orsick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Orsić, Aleksandar Orsić, Velibor Orsić, Bojana Orsić, Vera Orsić, Marijan Orsić, Zvezdan Orsić, Đorđe Orsić, Ilija Orsić, Zdravko Orsić, Srđan Orsić, Marija Orsić, Gordana Orsić, Ljubica Orsić, Marica Orsić, Sreto Orsić, Ljubomir Orsić, Katica Orsić, Dušanka Orsić

Mentions in sources

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

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