Surname Sertić in modern Croatia

Sertić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Senj area. In Sertić Poljana in Otocac area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Sertić.

Prevalence

About 2100 people with faimily name Sertić live in Croatia today, in 950 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 75 cities and 163 other places, mostly in Zagreb (510), Rijeka (110), Karlovac (80), Sisak (75), and in Jezerane in Senj area (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (16), the United States (6), Australia (3), Austria (3), Canada (2), Switzerland (2), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), Sweden (1), and to France (1).
Family name Sertić (including: Sertic , Sertich , Szertics , Sertick , Shertick and Sertych ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Sertic " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 400 people in Turkey. "Sertich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Paraguay , and small number of people in Germany. "Sertick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Sertić, Hrvoje Sertić, Irena Sertić, Tihomir Sertić, Srećko Sertić, Mirko Sertić, Jadranka Sertić, Vanja Sertić, Igor Sertić, Milan Sertić, Ivan Sertić, Ivica Sertić, Damir Sertić, Krešimir Sertić, Antun Sertić, Vladimir Sertić, Dubravka Sertić, Milena Sertić, Vesna Sertić

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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