Surname Terzić in modern Croatia

Terzić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , rarely Bosniaks (Bosanska Krajine) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area) and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Terzić live in Croatia today, in 580 households. There were 940 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 143 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Slavonski Brod (100), Nova Gradiska (65), Giletinci in Nova Gradiska area (60), and in Osijek (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), France (5), Switzerland (3), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2), Australia (1), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Terzić (including: Terzic , Terzich and Terzick ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Terzic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 70 people in Turkey. "Terzich " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Terzick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Terzić, Vesna Terzić, Krešimir Terzić, Janoš Terzić, Vjenceslav Terzić, Šimo Terzić, Svjetlana Terzić, Josip Terzić, Mato Terzić, Jakov Terzić, Arsen Terzić, Božo Terzić, Luka Terzić, Ivanka Terzić, Denis Terzić, Mehira Terzić, Dragan Terzić, Kata Terzić, Predrag Terzić

Mentions in sources

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

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