Surname Širić in modern Croatia

Širić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, and barely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zepce area). In Broćanac in Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Širić.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Širić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Tovarnik in Ilok area (25), Vinkovci (15), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (15), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Širić (including: Sirich , Siric , Scheirich , Shkirich , Sheirich , Schirrick , Schirick , Sierich , Sirick and Siricha ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Siric " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sirich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Denmark , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Sirick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Širić, Vesna Širić, Joško Širić, Franjo Širić, Radoslav Širić, Ivan Širić, Ivanka Širić, Ivana Širić, Ferdo Širić, Marko Širić, Sandi Širić, Trpimir Širić, Dragomir Širić, Jozo Širić, Leon Širić, Sanja Širić, Frano Širić, Ante Širić, Marinko Širić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1640 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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