Surname Dakić in modern Croatia

Dakić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. According to some sources they are from Daruvar, also Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Nova Gradiska area. In Banjani in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Dakić.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Dakić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 74 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Davor in Nova Gradiska area (55), Rijeka (40), Karlovac (35), and in Nustar in Vinkovci area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (2), Switzerland (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Dakić (including: Dakic , Dakich , Dakiche , Dacas , Dacic , Dakitsch and Dacich ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Dakic " is used by some 70 people in Germany , about 60 in Japan , and some 60 people in the United States. "Dakich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine. "Dacic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 60 people in Turkey.

Characteristic first names

Marko Dakić, Slavko Dakić, Ana Dakić, Leon Dakić, Branimir Dakić, Vedran Dakić, Tomislav Dakić, Nives Dakić, Siniša Dakić, Ivanita Dakić, Predrag Dakić, Mladen Dakić, Barbara Dakić, Danijela Dakić, Dalibor Dakić, Danka Dakić, Tamara Dakić, Nina Dakić, Biljana Dakić

Mentions in sources

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

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