Surname Jakša in modern Croatia

Jakša families are Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Virovitica area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Jakša live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Hreljici in Pula area (15), Vukovar (15), Pula (10), Virovitica (<10), and in Pakrac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakša (including: Jaksa , Jaksha , Yaksa , Jacisa , Jacksha , Jacksa , Yaksha , Jacsa , Jackscha and Iaksha ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Jaksha " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Iaksha " is used by few people in the United States. "Jacksha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Jakša, Manuela Jakša, Emil Jakša, Josip Jakša, Arpad Jakša, Slavo Jakša, Davor Jakša, Marinela Jakša, Željka Jakša, Vedran Jakša, Jasna Jakša, Čedomil Jakša, Verica Jakša, Leo Jakša, Zorica Jakša, Vjekoslav Jakša, Nada Jakša, Mirjana Jakša, Timy Jakša

Mentions in sources

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

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