Surname Jakaša in modern Croatia

Jakaša families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Jakaša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Split (60), Zagreb (10), Sesvete (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Selca on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakaša is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivone Jakaša, Tina Jakaša, Tonko Jakaša, Dunja Jakaša, Darije Jakaša, Tonči Jakaša, Anja Jakaša, Miro Jakaša, Ante Jakaša, Viki Jakaša, Davor Jakaša, Slaven Jakaša, Dobroslava Jakaša, Pero Jakaša, Tonći Jakaša, Paula Jakaša, Ivan Jakaša, Petar Jakaša, Renata Jakaša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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