In Croatia, Ursich families are Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Ursich live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ursich is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Ursich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and some 70 people in Brazil.
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.