Surname Čakić in modern Croatia

Čakić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pula , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Split. In Lisac in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Čakić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Čakić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (25), Zagreb (25), Pula (20), Zadar (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čakić (including: Cacic , Cakic , Cacas , Chakich , Chacich , Cakici , Cacich , Chachich , Chachick and Cachich ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Cakic " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Cakici " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Sweden. "Cacic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 500 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Eros Čakić, Davor Čakić, Vjera Čakić, Kristina Čakić, Nenad Čakić, Gordana Čakić, Zlatko Čakić, Vanja Čakić, Tihomir Čakić, Dejan Čakić, Sonja Čakić, Dragan Čakić, Aljoša Čakić, Branimir Čakić, Olja Čakić, Sergio Čakić, Katarina Čakić, Karmen Čakić, Nina Čakić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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