Surname Gažić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gažić families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Gažić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Ljubac in Nin area (10), Valpovo (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Radesic in Novi Marof area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gažić (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

Ivana Gažić, Krunoslav Gažić, Vladimir Gažić, Zvonimir Gažić, Goran Gažić, Mirko Gažić, Ankica Gažić, Matija Gažić, Tomislav Gažić, Jesenija Gažić, Tamara Gažić, Anica Gažić, Zlatko Gažić, Suzana Gažić, Lana Gažić, Igor Gažić, Krešimir Gažić, Željko Gažić, Danijela Gažić

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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