Surname Prošić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prošić families are Croats by relative majority (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ), less frequently Serbs, and very rarely Bosniaks (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Cazin area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area). In Prošići in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Prošić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Prošić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Karlovac (<10), Nasice (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Sarsoni in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prošić (including: Prosic , Prosich , Prossick , Prosick , Prosics , Prossic and Proshich ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Prosic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Prossic " is used by few people in the United States. "Prosick " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vanja Prošić, Samir Prošić, Dajana Prošić, Dušan Prošić, Milena Prošić, Branko Prošić, Dušanka Prošić, Alija Prošić, Zdravko Prošić, Luka Prošić, Mario Prošić, Safija Prošić, Slavica Prošić, Nedeljko Prošić, Janko Prošić, Tončica Prošić, Mujaga Prošić, Ines Prošić, Petrunjela Prošić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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