Surname Žarić in modern Croatia

Žarić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nasice , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Koprivnica. In Branešci Donji in Bosnian Krajina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Žarić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Žarić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka Koprivnicka in Koprivnica area (15), Pozega (10), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), and in Slavonski Brod (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), Australia (1), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Žarić (including: Zarich , Zaric , Zarick , Zarych , Zarrick , Zarici and Zaryc ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Zaric " is used by some 200 people in Iraq , about 100 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Zarich " is used by some 400 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Zarick " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Žarić, Dejan Žarić, Goran Žarić, Ilija Žarić, Zlatko Žarić, Slavko Žarić, Jasna Žarić, Mirjana Žarić, Renata Žarić, Predrag Žarić, Biljana Žarić, Ivana Žarić, Marija Žarić, Stevo Žarić, Sara Žarić, Franjo Žarić, Anton Žarić, Nedeljko Žarić, Sanja Žarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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