Surname Gavić in modern Croatia

Gavić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area) and in Zagreb. In Brankovići in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Gavić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Gavić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Makarska (10), Djeletovci in Vinkovci area (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gavić (including: Gavic , Gavich , Gavicha , Gawick , Gavych , Gawich , Gawicz and Gawiec ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Gavic " is used by some 400 people in the United States. "Gawick " is used by small number of people in Korea (South) and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Gavić, Juro Gavić, Tonči Gavić, Snežana Gavić, Ivica Gavić, Zdravko Gavić, Josip Gavić, Danijela Gavić, Branko Gavić, Kornelija Gavić, Pero Gavić, Marko Gavić, Lidija Gavić, Krešimir Gavić, Tado Gavić, Zoran Gavić, Zlata Gavić, Goran Gavić, Danijel Gavić

Mentions in sources

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

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