Surname Žic in modern Croatia

Žic families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Žic live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 970 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Punat on the Island of Krk (235), Rijeka (120), Zagreb (70), Krk on the Island of Krk (45), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 107 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (72), Canada (13), Australia (9), France (4), Argentina (3), Germany (2), Belgium (1), Austria (1), Uruguay (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Žic (including: Zietz , Zich , Zitz , Ziec , Zic , Ziech , Ziz , Zizz , Ziez and Zicz ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Zic " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Ziz " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Zitz " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Rado Žic, Mirosija Žic, Inga Žic, Alemka Žic, Elvis Žic, Petar Žic, Ivan Žic, Krešimir Žic, Vesna Žic, Mark Žic, Blanka Žic, Antun Žic, Anton Žic, Tomislav Žic, Tena Žic, Dragutin Žic, Marica Žic, Željko Žic, Dragica Žic

Mentions in sources

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

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