Surname Oršulić in modern Croatia

Oršulić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In Donje Postinje in Sinj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Oršulić.

Prevalence

About 760 people with faimily name Oršulić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Komin (95), Nova Gradiska (85), Split (60), Zagreb (45), and in Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (45).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (2), and to the United States (2).
Family name Oršulić (including: Orsulic , Orsulich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Orsulic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Orsulich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Joško Oršulić, Mislav Oršulić, Domagoj Oršulić, Marijo Oršulić, Vice Oršulić, Kosjenka Oršulić, Nikola Oršulić, Vesna Oršulić, Mario Oršulić, Tonći Oršulić, Krešimir Oršulić, Dijana Oršulić, Evelina Oršulić, Verica Oršulić, Ivan Oršulić, Luka Oršulić, Milorad Oršulić, Vladimir Oršulić, Snježana Oršulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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