Surname Gajević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gajević families are predominantly Croats (from Slavonski Brod ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod. In Vidrići in Romania (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Gajević.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gajević live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Kutina (<5), Zagreb (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gajević (including: Gajewicz , Gajevic and Gayevich ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Gajewicz " is used by some 600 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Mirela Gajević, Srećko Gajević, Darko Gajević, Sonja Gajević, Dragan Gajević, Dragomir Gajević, Vesna Gajević, Marko Gajević, Jovan Gajević, Jela Gajević, Svetlana Gajević, Milan Gajević, Svjetlana Gajević, Srđan Gajević, Ana Gajević, Helena Gajević, Ljiljana Gajević, Mihajlo Gajević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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