Surname Jakšetić in modern Croatia

Jakšetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Jakšetić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Podgorac in Nasice area (10), Visnjevac (10), Zadobarje (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jakšetić (including: Jaksetic , Jaksetich , Yaksetic and Iaksetich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Jaksetic " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Yaksetic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Julije Jakšetić, Vanja Jakšetić, Sanjin Jakšetić, Nataša Jakšetić, Graciela Jakšetić, Dražen Jakšetić, Višnja Jakšetić, Jadran Jakšetić, Tina Jakšetić, Gordana Jakšetić, Toni Jakšetić, Tomo Jakšetić, Maja Jakšetić, Robert Jakšetić, Alen Jakšetić, Kata Jakšetić, Tanja Jakšetić, Josip Jakšetić, Berislav Jakšetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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