Surname Gegić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gegić families are generally Croats (from Kosovo ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Albanians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Janjevo, Kosovo.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Gegić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Veliki Bastaji in Daruvar area (55), Vocin in Slatina area (50), Prgomelje (40), and in Botinac in Bjelovar area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gegić (including: Gegic , Gegich and Gegick ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Gegic " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Gegich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gegick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Gegić, Viktor Gegić, Novica Gegić, Jadranka Gegić, Marjan Gegić, Simon Gegić, Besim Gegić, Pavle Gegić, Adam Gegić, Antun Gegić, Nikola Gegić, Kujtim Gegić, Mika Gegić, Marko Gegić, Žarko Gegić, Jakov Gegić, Dragan Gegić, Ljubica Gegić, Roka Gegić

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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