Surname Gazić in modern Croatia

Gazić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area).

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Gazić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zadar (40), Zagreb (35), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (25), Tribanj on the Island of Pasman (25), and in Vinkovci (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (3), the United States (2), Sweden (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Gazić (including: Gazic , Gazich and Gazick ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Gazic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States. "Gazich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and about 60 in Italy. "Gazick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirela Gazić, Lucija Gazić, Nikolina Gazić, Ksenija Gazić, Branko Gazić, Mario Gazić, Slavko Gazić, Vesna Gazić, Šime Gazić, Kristina Gazić, Nebojša Gazić, Tomislav Gazić, Ana Gazić, Višnja Gazić, Ljubica Gazić, Vlado Gazić, Toni Gazić, Vera Gazić, Marijana Gazić

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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