Surname Gagić in modern Croatia

Gagić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Benkovac , whereas often Croats (from Pozega area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Zelengrad in Obrovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Gagić.

Prevalence

About 470 people with faimily name Gagić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Zagreb (35), Zakorenje in Pozega area (25), Zadar (20), and in Zelengrad (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gagić (including: Gagich , Gagic and Gaghich ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Gagic " is used by some 90 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Gagich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Gaghich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Gagić, Bogdan Gagić, Ivana Gagić, Siniša Gagić, Gordana Gagić, Čedomir Gagić, Dragan Gagić, Mirjana Gagić, Bosiljka Gagić, Goran Gagić, Almir Gagić, Danijela Gagić, Jadranka Gagić, Veljko Gagić, Slađana Gagić, Duško Gagić, Marijo Gagić, Dubravka Gagić, Tomislav Gagić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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