Surname Ćirić in modern Croatia

Ćirić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vinkovci area , whereas often Croats (from Slavonski Brod ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Ćirić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Slavonski Brod (30), Gabos in Vinkovci area (25), Rijeka (25), and in Vukovar (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćirić (including: Chirich , Ciric , Chiric , Chirici , Cirici , Chirrick , Cyric , Chirick and Cirich ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Ciric " is used by some 300 people in Yemen , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Viet Nam. "Chirrick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavle Ćirić, Jasna Ćirić, Josip Ćirić, Vladimir Ćirić, Zvonimir Ćirić, Dragan Ćirić, Muharem Ćirić, Lidija Ćirić, Damir Ćirić, Snježana Ćirić, Vesna Ćirić, Goran Ćirić, Tanja Ćirić, Miroslav Ćirić, Kata Ćirić, Dražen Ćirić, Davor Ćirić, Stjepan Ćirić, Janko Ćirić

Mentions in sources

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

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