Surname Rogić in modern Croatia

Rogić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. According to some sources they are from Mostar area (Bosnia), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Benkovac. In Popovići in Benkovac every third inhabitant had the family name Rogić.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Rogić live in Croatia today, in 730 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 123 other places, mostly in Zagreb (345), Zadar (235), Rijeka (145), Popovici (85), and in Biograd na moru (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Germany (6), Australia (5), Austria (3), Switzerland (3), Canada (2), and to France (1).
Family name Rogić (including: Rogic , Rogich and Rogick ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Rogic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Rogich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Brazil , and small number of people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Rogić, Dunja Rogić, Marinko Rogić, Mate Rogić, Zdravko Rogić, Maja Rogić, Bruno Rogić, Zlatko Rogić, Davor Rogić, Goran Rogić, Roman Rogić, Gordana Rogić, Anica Rogić, Kristijan Rogić, Alberto Rogić, Marijan Rogić, Vladimir Rogić, Milka Rogić, Zoran Rogić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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