Surname Pašić in modern Croatia

Pašić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , also Serbs and Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In Oton in Knin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pašić.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Pašić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 53 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Rijeka (40), Sukosan in Zadar area (20), Pula (20), and in Karlovac (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pašić (including: Pasic , Pasich , Pasici , Pasiche , Passick , Pashich , Pasick , Passic , Passaic and Pasicha ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Pasic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 400 people in Canada. "Pasich " is used by some 600 people in Poland , about 80 in Ukraine , and some 60 people in the United States. "Pashich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vojin Pašić, Borivoje Pašić, Branimir Pašić, Aida Pašić, Alan Pašić, Selim Pašić, Mervan Pašić, Damir Pašić, Miroslav Pašić, Amel Pašić, Pero Pašić, Enver Pašić, Branko Pašić, Sonja Pašić, Antun Pašić, Stojanka Pašić, Daliborka Pašić, Dejan Pašić, Edvin Pašić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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