Surname Gažo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gažo families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gažo live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Vukovar (20), Ilok (<10), Split (<5), Vrpolje in Djakovo area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gažo (including: Gazo , Gazzo , Gazsó , Gazso , Gazoo , Gazzio and Ghazo ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Gazso " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Gazoo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gazzio " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Gažo, Željka Gažo, Maja Gažo, Danijela Gažo, Stevan Gažo, Davor Gažo, Nevenka Gažo, Josip Gažo, Ivan Gažo, Rozmila Gažo, Vesna Gažo, Valentina Gažo, Sanja Gažo, Krešimir Gažo, Ilija Gažo, Božica Gažo, Stjepan Gažo, Vinko Gažo, Katica Gažo

Mentions in sources

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

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