Surname Protić in modern Croatia

Protić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Pozega.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Protić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Blato on the Island of Korcula (60), Zagreb (40), Split (15), Pozega (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Protić (including: Protich , Protic , Protichko , Protick and Protitsch ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Protic " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , about 60 in Japan , and small number of people in the United States. "Protich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Bulgaria , and some 50 people in Kenya.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Protić, Alen Protić, Jadranka Protić, Željko Protić, Damir Protić, Đurđica Protić, Filip Protić, Toni Protić, Tomislav Protić, Ana Protić, Denis Protić, Antun Protić, Janja Protić, Kruna Protić, Željana Protić, Zoran Protić, Zorana Protić, Ante Protić, Raul Protić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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