Surname Rozić in modern Croatia

Rozić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina (Sretnice). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Sretnice in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Rozić.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Rozić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Dubrovnik (25), Vinkovci (20), Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (20), and in Osijek (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rozić (including: Rozic , Rozich , Rozick , Rozyc , Rozsics , Rozics and Rozhich ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Rozic " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 500 people in Argentina. "Rozich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Rozick " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Viktor Rozić, Boris Rozić, Antonio Rozić, Josip Rozić, Slavica Rozić, Ivo Rozić, Ratko Rozić, Ante Rozić, Stipa Rozić, Snježana Rozić, Mato Rozić, Marija Rozić, Damir Rozić, Alma Rozić, Draženko Rozić, Ivica Rozić, Zora Rozić, Kristijan Rozić, Dijana Rozić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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