Surname Caganić in modern Croatia

Caganić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. In Mičevec in Velika Gorica every eighth inhabitant had the family name Caganić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Caganić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Micevec (30), Velika Gorica (20), Zagreb (15), Obrezina (10), and in Scitarjevo (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Caganić (including: Caganic , Caganich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Caganich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Caganić, Sanja Caganić, Zdravko Caganić, Stjepan Caganić, Irena Caganić, Brankica Caganić, Juraj Caganić, Jasmina Caganić, Lucija Caganić, Tomica Caganić, Ivan Caganić, Dragica Caganić, Siniša Caganić, Dalibor Caganić, Denis Caganić, Ida Caganić, Mario Caganić, Davor Caganić, Valentina Caganić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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