Surname Gaće in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Gaće live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Osijek (45), Zagvozd in Makarska area (35), Split (15), Makarska (15), and in Krivodol in Imotski area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gaće (including: Gace , Gache , Gachie , Gachwe , Gacke , Gacche , Gachke , Gatsche , Gazze and Gaceh ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Gatsche " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Gazze " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Gacke " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Gaće, Rosanda Gaće, Stjepan Gaće, Marijana Gaće, Vladimir Gaće, Nikola Gaće, Gordana Gaće, Marija Gaće, Darko Gaće, Milivoj Gaće, Anita Gaće, Vedran Gaće, Bojana Gaće, Željko Gaće, Marko Gaće, Miroslav Gaće, Tonka Gaće, Andjelko Gaće, Vican Gaće

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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