Surname Projić in modern Croatia

Projić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Projić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (40), in Grab (35) and Kosute (20) in Sinj area, Zagreb (15), and in Trilj in Sinj area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Projić (including: Projic , Projieck ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. "Projieck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Projić, Branimir Projić, Dražan Projić, Darinka Projić, Karlo Projić, Branko Projić, Ivan Projić, Ante Projić, Mirjana Projić, Ivana Projić, Marko Projić, Denis Projić, Ivica Projić, Boris Projić, Marijana Projić, Nediljka Projić, Nada Projić, Marijan Projić, Alen Projić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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