Surname Verić in modern Croatia

Verić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In Čarići in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Verić.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Verić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Babina Greda in Zupanja area (80), Zagreb (35), Ogulin (10), Osijek (10), and in Zdralovi (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Verić (including: Verich , Verici , Veric , Verick , Werick , Werich , Werrick , Verych , Verrick and Verryck ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Verick " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Malaysia. "Verrick " is used by few people in the United States. "Werick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Verić, Stanislav Verić, Dalibor Verić, Mato Verić, Matija Verić, Petko Verić, Andrija Verić, Robert Verić, Josip Verić, Luka Verić, Mirko Verić, Marko Verić, Biserka Verić, Branko Verić, Antonio Verić, Karanfiljka Verić, Željko Verić, Ivanka Verić, Katarina Verić

Mentions in sources

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

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