Surname Gazi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gazi families are Croats (from Koprivnica ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gazi 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 two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Starigrad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gazi (including: Ghazi , Gazzi , Gazsi , Gazzei , Gazhi , Gazie , Gaazi , Gazzai and Gazii ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. "Gazie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gazsi " is used by some 700 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Romania. "Gazsy " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Gazi, Đurđica Gazi, Josip Gazi, Štefica Gazi, Sniježana Gazi, Stjepan Gazi, Zlatko Gazi, Anđela Gazi, Imeri Gazi, Sidonija Gazi, Snježana Gazi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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