Surname Seršić in modern Croatia

Seršić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In places Batomalj and Draga Bašćanska on the Island of Krk every sixth inhabitant had the family name Seršić.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Seršić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (65), and in Baska (25), Draga Bascanska (25), Batomalj (15) and Jurandvor (15) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Austria (3), the Netherlands (1), Canada (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Seršić (including: Sersic , Sersich and Shersick ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Sersic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number in Brazil. "Sersich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Shersick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vanja Seršić, Maja Seršić, Krešimir Seršić, Damir Seršić, Snježana Seršić, Sandra Seršić, Monika Seršić, Marjana Seršić, Jasminko Seršić, Ruža Seršić, Živko Seršić, Laura Seršić, Petar Seršić, Dolores Seršić, Marija Seršić, Hari Seršić, Lucija Seršić, Dalibor Seršić, Emil Seršić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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