Surname Zorić in modern Croatia

Zorić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gruda (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from Drnis area, and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Grude area). In Crvenice in Western Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Zorić.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Zorić live in Croatia today, in 990 households. There were 1800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 79 cities and 207 other places, mostly in Zagreb (510), Djakovo (125), Split (120), Zadar (85), and in Rijeka (80).

Outside Croatia

At least 45 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), Germany (11), Australia (4), France (4), Argentina (3), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (2), Switzerland (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Zorić (including: Zorich , Zoric , Zorick , Zorici and Zorych ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Zoric " is used by some 200 people in Germany , some 200 people in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Zorich " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 400 in Russian Federation , and some 300 people in Ukraine. "Zorick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Zorić, Ivan Zorić, Alen Zorić, Jadranka Zorić, Vladimir Zorić, Zoran Zorić, Luka Zorić, Blaženka Zorić, Igor Zorić, Dinko Zorić, Dario Zorić, Zlatko Zorić, Hrvoje Zorić, Lidija Zorić, Željka Zorić, Mile Zorić, Zdravko Zorić, Berislav Zorić, Goranka Zorić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories