Surname Gajski in modern Croatia

Gajski families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 740 people with faimily name Gajski live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 720 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Zagreb (225), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (60), Koprivnica (50), Krizevci (20), and in Orehovec in Krizevci area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Switzerland (4), France (3), the Netherlands (1), Austria (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Gajski (including: Gaiski , Gayski and Gaysky ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Gayski " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gaiski " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Bolivia.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Gajski, Zvonko Gajski, Vedran Gajski, Dragutin Gajski, Ilija Gajski, Milan Gajski, Mladen Gajski, Branko Gajski, Ana Gajski, Daniela Gajski, Darko Gajski, Martina Gajski, Igor Gajski, Srećko Gajski, Danijel Gajski, Željko Gajski, Dubravko Gajski, Zoran Gajski, Stjepan Gajski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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