Surname Gaković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gaković families are mainly Croats (from Knin ), equally Serbs (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area) and in Backa, Vojvodina. In Baštra in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gaković.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gaković live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Golubic (<10), Sisak (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Kosi in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gaković (including: Gakhovich , Gakovich and Gakovic ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Gakovic " is used by small number of people in Algeria , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Gakovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Gaković, Siniša Gaković, Mile Gaković, Ružica Gaković, Petar Gaković, Tijana Gaković, Mirko Gaković, Zoran Gaković, Sindi Gaković, Milica Gaković, Borjana Gaković, Božica Gaković, Vera Gaković, Đorđo Gaković, Milorad Gaković, Đorđe Gaković, Vlasta Gaković, Drenka Gaković, Slavica Gaković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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