Surname Ursić in modern Croatia

Ursić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Split. In Gornja Brela in Makarska area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ursić.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Ursić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Split (105), Brela in Makarska area (65), Selca on the Island of Brac (40), Makarska (35), and in Vrbanja in Zupanja area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), the United States (5), and to Australia (3).
Family name Ursić (including: Ursic , Ursich and Ursick ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Ursic " is used by some 800 people in Bolivia , about 700 in Germany , and some 400 people in the United States. "Ursich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and some 70 people in Brazil. "Ursick " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Srebrenka Ursić, Jurica Ursić, Stjepana Ursić, Marino Ursić, Lino Ursić, Ivana Ursić, Anita Ursić, Krunoslav Ursić, Ivan Ursić, Tonći Ursić, Sandra Ursić, Ivica Ursić, Boni Ursić, Jurislav Ursić, Petar Ursić, Siniša Ursić, Diana Ursić, Andrea Ursić, Zoran Ursić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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