Surname Gezi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gezi families are Croats (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gezi live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Bjelovar (<5), Virovitica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gezi (including: Ghezzi , Gezzi , Ghezi , Gezie and Geezy ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Gezie " is used by few people in the United States. "Gezzi " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 60 in Zambia , and some 60 people in the United States. "Ghezzi " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 1000 in Argentina , and some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Gezi, Vanja Gezi, Ana Gezi, Doroteja Gezi, Mirko Gezi, Marija Gezi, Josip Gezi, Lora Gezi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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