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Surname Gaica in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Gaica families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Cazma area.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Gaica live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Narta in Cazma area (<10), Kukuljanovo (<5), Kastav (<5), Spincici (<5), and in Laminac in Cazma area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Gaica (including: Gaicha , Ghaicha , Gaiza , Gaiezza , Gaizza , Gaizah and Gayza ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Gayza " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Đurđica Gaica,
Dušan Gaica,
Rajko Gaica,
Tihomir Gaica,
Ankica Gaica,
Edita Gaica,
Ivan Gaica,
Srdija Gaica,
Stevanija Gaica,
Jovan Gaica,
Marija Gaica,
Bosiljka Gaica,
Draginja Gaica,
Tome Gaica,
Anđela Gaica,
Desanka Gaica,
Zdravko Gaica,
Jeka Gaica,
Vinko Gaica