Surname Zorčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zorčić families are generally Croats (from Sibenik ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Zorčić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Sibenik (45), Petrinja (<10), Danilo Biranj (<10), Split (<10), and in Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zorčić is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Saša Zorčić, Miroslav Zorčić, Mario Zorčić, Ante Zorčić, Jurica Zorčić, Radmila Zorčić, Danijel Zorčić, Tomislav Zorčić, Željko Zorčić, Gordan Zorčić, Zorislav Zorčić, Dragan Zorčić, Josipa Zorčić, Tatjana Zorčić, Danijela Zorčić, Edita Zorčić, Anita Zorčić, Dijana Zorčić, Ljiljana Zorčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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