Surname Parica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Parica families are Croats (from Dugi (Long) Island ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on Dugi, Long Island.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Parica live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zadar (10) and Zman on Dugi (Long) Island (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Parica (including: Parichha , Pariza , Paricha , Parizzia , Pariccha , Pahriza and Parizah ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Pariza " is used by some 300 people in Romania , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Parichha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mate Parica, Frane Parica, Ivana Parica, Katarina Parica, Marin Parica, Marina Parica, Igor Parica, Gorana Parica, Nedjeljka Parica, Ante Parica, Sabina Parica, Paula Parica, Petar Parica, Marija Parica, Aleksandar Parica, Lucija Parica, Luka Parica, Marta Parica, Natalija Parica

Mentions in sources

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

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