Surname Žica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žica families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Sisak. In Velika Gradusa in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Žica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Žica live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Velika Gradusa in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), Petrinja (<5), and in Staro Selo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žica (including: Zica , Ziza , Zizza , Zicha , Zizah , Zycha , Zicca , Zitza , Zieca and Zieza ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Zitza " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zizza " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 500 in the United States , and some 80 people in Brazil. "Zicha " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Milan Žica, Miloš Žica, Danica Žica, Marija Žica, Pavao Žica, Radojka Žica, Ljubica Žica, Vukosava Žica, Stana Žica, Bosiljka Žica, Draginja Žica, Mile Žica, Ranko Žica, Stevo Žica, Dunavka Žica, Dragan Žica, Ružica Žica, Branko Žica, Nikica Žica

Mentions in sources

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

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