Surname Šarić in modern Croatia

Šarić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , barely Serbs, and Bosniaks (Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar. In Tribić in Western Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Šarić.

Prevalence

About 6800 people with faimily name Šarić live in Croatia today, in 2800 households. There were 4200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 103 cities and 428 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1175), Split (640), Zadar (310), Sibenik (185), and in Rijeka (175).

Outside Croatia

At least 110 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (44), Australia (18), Switzerland (14), the United States (12), Canada (7), Austria (7), Sweden (4), France (2), Argentina (1), and to Chile (1).
Family name Šarić (including: Saric , Sarich , Sarici , Sharich , Sharick , Sharic , Sarick , Sharicz , Saricha and Sarric ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Saric " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Austria. "Sarich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in Australia , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Sharich " is used by some 60 people in the United States , about 50 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Belarus.

Characteristic first names

Goran Šarić, Jozo Šarić, Dean Šarić, Želimir Šarić, Tina Šarić, Valter Šarić, Tomislav Šarić, Željka Šarić, Nataša Šarić, Mario Šarić, Ana Šarić, Miljenko Šarić, Iva Šarić, Stanko Šarić, Tatjana Šarić, Marija Šarić, Jure Šarić, Davor Šarić, Helena Šarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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