Surname Pašalić in modern Croatia

Pašalić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia and according to some sources from Šujice near Tomislavgrad , rarely Bosniaks (from Zupanja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In places Šuica and Čelebić in Western Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pašalić.

Prevalence

About 760 people with faimily name Pašalić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (315), Sesvete (55), Tucepi in Makarska area (55), Split (30), and in Bjelovar (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pašalić (including: Pasalic , Pasalich , Paschoalick and Passalick ) is present in 25 countries on four continents. The family name "Pasalic " is used by some 400 people in Austria , about 300 in Sweden , and some 200 people in the United States. "Pasalich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 60 in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivić Pašalić, Andrija Pašalić, Goran Pašalić, Matej Pašalić, Magda Pašalić, Franjo Pašalić, Ivan Pašalić, Milorad Pašalić, Zdravko Pašalić, Branimira Pašalić, Daria Pašalić, Slaven Pašalić, Ljerka Pašalić, Ante Pašalić, Stipo Pašalić, Želimir Pašalić, Nedžat Pašalić, Davor Pašalić, Jakov Pašalić

Mentions in sources

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

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