Surname Uršić in modern Croatia

Uršić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Grobnik in Pazin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Uršić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Uršić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Pula (10), Rijeka (<10), Kutjevo in Orahovica area (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Uršić (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

Darinka Uršić, Albino Uršić, Tomislav Uršić, Stanko Uršić, Ana Uršić, Domagoj Uršić, Željko Uršić, Jagoda Uršić, Vesna Uršić, Zlatko Uršić, Ivica Uršić, Sonja Uršić, Anton Uršić, Jozo Uršić, Ivan Uršić, Roman Uršić, Lidija Uršić, Goran Uršić, Marija Uršić

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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