Surname Gaćeša in modern Croatia

Gaćeša families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats (from Cakovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Knin area. In Gačeša Selo in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gaćeša.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Gaćeša live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Gracac in Knin area (30), Karlovac (25), Rijeka (20), and in Vojisnica in Duga Resa area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gaćeša (including: Gacesa , Gachesa ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Gacesa " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Gachesa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nino Gaćeša, Slobodan Gaćeša, Ines Gaćeša, Miroslav Gaćeša, Momir Gaćeša, Drenko Gaćeša, Tatjana Gaćeša, Andreja Gaćeša, Željko Gaćeša, Milan Gaćeša, Bruno Gaćeša, Nenad Gaćeša, Đorđe Gaćeša, Sanja Gaćeša, Mladen Gaćeša, Ozrenka Gaćeša, Goran Gaćeša, Dušan Gaćeša, Vladimir Gaćeša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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