Surname Gadžić in modern Croatia

Gadžić families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in East Herzegovina (Stolac area).

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Gadžić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Djakovo (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Vinkovci (<10), and in Zrnovnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gadžić (including: Gadicho , Gadzic , Gadich , Gadicha , Gadics , Gadych , Ghadich and Gadici ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Gadzic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Veronika Gadžić, Gordana Gadžić, Zdravko Gadžić, Luka Gadžić, Neda Gadžić, Vesna Gadžić, Joško Gadžić, Darko Gadžić, Ljiljana Gadžić, Omer Gadžić, Dragan Gadžić, Željko Gadžić, Jasna Gadžić, Ivan Gadžić, Katica Gadžić, Petar Gadžić, Zoran Gadžić, Bahrija Gadžić, Dario Gadžić

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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