Surname Prica in modern Croatia

Prica families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac area , whereas often Croats (from Vinkovci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac area and in Zagreb. In places Vrpile and Rešetar in Otocac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Prica.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Prica live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), in Korenica (30) and Mihaljevac (25) in Otocac area, Rijeka (20), and in Dalj in Vinkovci area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), Germany (3), the United States (2), Canada (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Prica (including: Perica , Priza , Pryca , Pricca , Pritza , Pricha , Prizzia , Periza and Pericha ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Prica " is used by some 1000 people in Romania , about 200 in Italy , and some 200 people in the United States. "Pritza " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Perica " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Italy , and some 100 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Dunja Prica, Duško Prica, Adriana Prica, Milan Prica, Alma Prica, Mićo Prica, Miljenko Prica, Miroslav Prica, Lidija Prica, Zoran Prica, Nedeljka Prica, Ines Prica, Kety Prica, Milenko Prica, Tatjana Prica, Ilija Prica, Predrag Prica, Milanka Prica, Milorad Prica

Mentions in sources

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

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