Surname Jažo in modern Croatia

Jažo families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Imotsko. In Zagorje in Herzegovina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jažo.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Jažo live in Croatia today, in 40 households.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (25), Split (15), Dubrovnik (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Predavac in Bjelovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jažo (including: Jazo , Yazo , Yazoh , Lyazhko , Jazzo , Yazzo , Yazhlo and Iazo ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Jazo " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Yazo " is used by some 600 people in Colombia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco. "Iazo " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Jažo, Snježana Jažo, Slaven Jažo, Marijana Jažo, Đurđica Jažo, Ivan Jažo, Zvonko Jažo, Zdenka Jažo, Željko Jažo, Milan Jažo, Ružica Jažo, Mladen Jažo, Damir Jažo, Vinka Jažo, Nada Jažo, Stipe Jažo, Dražen Jažo, Josip Jažo, Vlado Jažo

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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