Surname Pamić in modern Croatia

Pamić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In places Pamići and Sveti Petar u Šumi in Pazin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pamić.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Pamić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar u Sumi (95) and Pamici (75) in Pazin area, Pula (60), Rovinj (45), and in Pazin (30).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Pamić (including: Pamic , Pamich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Pamic " is used by some 60 people in Azerbaijan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Pamich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Pamić, Ivan Pamić, Jadranka Pamić, Mladen Pamić, Iva Pamić, Dario Pamić, Danko Pamić, Mirjana Pamić, Viljan Pamić, Albino Pamić, Rino Pamić, Daniel Pamić, Dragica Pamić, Sandra Pamić, Ivana Pamić, Antonela Pamić, Kata Pamić, Deborah Pamić, Neven Pamić

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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