Surname Pirić in modern Croatia

Pirić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Osijek. In Vir in Herzegovina every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Pirić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Pirić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Split (50), Osijek (45), Podstrana in Solin area (20), and in Lopar on the Island of Rab (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pirić (including: Piric , Pirich , Pierick , Pirici , Pierric , Pirics , Pierich , Piritsch , Pirichy and Pirichha ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Piric " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Sweden. "Pirich " is used by some 100 people in Thailand , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Pirics " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valentina Pirić, Ante Pirić, Marijana Pirić, Branko Pirić, Marijan Pirić, Ivan Pirić, Mario Pirić, Ljubica Pirić, Božo Pirić, Tereza Pirić, Božica Pirić, Marino Pirić, Miljenko Pirić, Nedeljko Pirić, Lenka Pirić, Antonio Pirić, Ernest Pirić, Nikša Pirić, Marija Pirić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.

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