Surname Gadža in modern Croatia

Gadža families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Zadar. In Dobrići in Western Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Gadža.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Gadža live in Croatia today, in 60 households.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Djakovo (15), Split (15), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (10), and in Ivanic-Grad (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gadža (including: Gada , Gadza , Gadda , Gadha , Gadah , Gadzha , Gaada , Gadja , Gadaa and Gahda ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Gadda " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 500 in Argentina , and some 300 people in the United States. "Gadaa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Gadža, Mato Gadža, Anto Gadža, Plamenko Gadža, Zdravko Gadža, Elvis Gadža, Sanja Gadža, Tomislav Gadža, Josip Gadža, Marija Gadža, Stipe Gadža, Ljubica Gadža, Duško Gadža, Denis Gadža, Diana Gadža, Marijo Gadža, Vera Gadža, Mira Gadža, Željka Gadža

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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