Surname Gazica in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Gazica live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Hercegovac in Garesnica area (15), in Samarica (10) and Gornja Petricka (<10) in Bjelovar area, Nova Gradiska (<10), and in Palesnik in Garesnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gazica (including: Gaziza , Gazieza ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Gazica " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Gazieza " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Gazica, Siniša Gazica, Stevo Gazica, Mario Gazica, Ljerka Gazica, Mato Gazica, Ivan Gazica, Mira Gazica, Vlatka Gazica, Anita Gazica, Antun Gazica, Vladimir Gazica, Dragica Gazica, Katica Gazica, Željko Gazica, Zora Gazica, Snježana Gazica, Marija Gazica, Danijel Gazica

Mentions in sources

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

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