Surname Gačić in modern Croatia

Gačić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. According to some sources they are from Rosko Polje (northwest Herzegovina), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Slavonski Brod. In Klakar in Slavonski Brod area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gačić.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Gačić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Klakar in Slavonski Brod area (50), Bosnjaci in Zupanja area (25), Split (20), and in Slavonski Brod (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gačić (including: Gacic , Gacich , Gachich , Gachic , Gatschine and Gachichi ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Gacic " is used by some 80 people in Egypt , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Zambia. "Gacich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Gačić, Jasna Gačić, Dušan Gačić, Višnja Gačić, Goran Gačić, Petar Gačić, Milica Gačić, Ante Gačić, Stanko Gačić, Ljuban Gačić, Drago Gačić, Matija Gačić, Slobodan Gačić, Jakov Gačić, Vlado Gačić, Marijan Gačić, Iva Gačić, Predrag Gačić, Mirko Gačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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