Surname Radica in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Radica live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (105), Zagreb (20), Dubrovnik (20), Vis on the Island of Vis (15), and in Zrnovnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Radica (including: Radicchia , Radizza and Radhica ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Radica " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 400 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States. "Radhica " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gojmir Radica, Ante Radica, Davorka Radica, Sanja Radica, Ana Radica, Vedran Radica, Ruben Radica, Tonko Radica, Niveska Radica, Ivan Radica, Saša Radica, Ljubica Radica, Braco Radica, Tonči Radica, Pakiša Radica, Marija Radica, Robert Radica, Nives Radica, Dino Radica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1735 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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