Surname Cah in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cah families are generally Croats (from Lipik ), very rarely Czechs (from Pakrac ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Cah live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Lipik (10), Filipovac (<10), Virovitica (<10), Kutina (<10), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cah (including: Zach , Cacho , Cathy , Cacha , Cach , Cachi , Cath , Caah and Tzach ) is present in 138 countries worldwide. The family name "Cah " is used by some 500 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Zach " is used by some 7000 people in Germany , about 6000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Poland. "Tzach " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Cah, Igor Cah, Damir Cah, Josip Cah, Dragutin Cah, Silvia Cah, Mato Cah, Lorena Cah, Zoran Cah, Dejan Cah, Zlatko Cah, Silvera Cah, Ivana Cah, Ivan Cah, Marica Cah, Mihael Cah, Snježana Cah, Milena Cah, Mirjana Cah

Mentions in sources

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

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