Surname Suzić in modern Croatia

Suzić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Jastrebarsko area. In places Gornji Žirovac and Kobiljak in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Suzić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Suzić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (25), Borovo in Vukovar area (20), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (10), and in Koska in Nasice area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Suzić (including: Suzic , Suzich and Suzick ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Suzic " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Italy , and small number in the United States. "Suzich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Suzick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Borjan Suzić, Tino Suzić, Željko Suzić, Marica Suzić, Ljiljana Suzić, Damir Suzić, Goran Suzić, Marinko Suzić, Zoran Suzić, Marin Suzić, Draginja Suzić, Marjan Suzić, Milan Suzić, Mirjana Suzić, Saša Suzić, Ljuba Suzić, Dragan Suzić, Miljka Suzić, Vladimir Suzić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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