Surname Primožić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Primožić families are predominantly Croats (from Buje area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Herzegovine ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Pula.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Primožić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Visnjevac (<10), Sterna in Buje area (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Primožić (including: Primozic , Primozich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Primozic " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Primozich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Edvard Primožić, Loris Primožić, Miroslav Primožić, Goran Primožić, Siniša Primožić, Morena Primožić, Valter Primožić, Suada Primožić, Walter Primožić, Robertina Primožić, Lidija Primožić, Noel Primožić, Marija Primožić, Marina Primožić, Danijel Primožić, Boris Primožić, Igor Primožić, Matej Primožić, Milan Primožić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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