Surname Radić in modern Croatia

Radić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. According to some sources they are from Klis, odnosno from Drinovci area (Herzegovina), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Podorljak in Trogir area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Radić.

Prevalence

About 6900 people with faimily name Radić live in Croatia today, in 2900 households. There were 4800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 95 cities and 426 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1025), Split (855), Okrug Gornji on the Island of Ciovo (220), Dubrovnik (180), and in Rijeka (170).

Outside Croatia

At least 112 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (38), Germany (28), Australia (15), Switzerland (7), Austria (6), Canada (5), Argentina (4), France (3), Chile (3), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Radić (including: Radich , Radic , Radics , Radici , Radick , Raditsch , Radicci , Radichi , Radiche and Radicsh ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. The family name "Radic " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 600 in Germany , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Radich " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 600 in Niger , and some 300 people in Ukraine. "Radics " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 300 in Germany , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jure Radić, Goran Radić, Dubravko Radić, Tomislav Radić, Joško Radić, Milan Radić, Šime Radić, Berislav Radić, Stjepan Radić, Zvonimir Radić, Jadranka Radić, Premil Radić, Ljiljana Radić, Radivoje Radić, Josipa Radić, Borislav Radić, Miroslav Radić, Danko Radić, Dinko Radić

Mentions in sources

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

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