Surname Spahić in modern Croatia

Spahić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , often Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Gracanica area). In Lupnica in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Spahić.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Spahić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (15), Pula (15), Dubrovnik (15), and in Novska (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Canada (2), Germany (1), Sweden (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Spahić (including: Spahic , Spahich ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Spahic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Austria. "Spahich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Amir Spahić, Alma Spahić, Nermin Spahić, Muamer Spahić, Enisa Spahić, Damir Spahić, Danijel Spahić, Ivan Spahić, Jadranka Spahić, Boris Spahić, Enio Spahić, Hatidža Spahić, Davor Spahić, Zlatko Spahić, Dženana Spahić, Selman Spahić, Mirza Spahić, Mirsad Spahić, Aris Spahić

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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