Surname Ježić in modern Croatia

Ježić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cazma area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cazma. In Buzadovac in Vrbovec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ježić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Ježić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Buzadovac in Vrbovec area (30), Novi Vinodolski (20), Laminac in Cazma area (15), and in Bjelovar (10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Ježić (including: Jezic , Jezich , Jezick , Yezic and Iezich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Jezic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in France. "Jezich " is used by few people in the United States. "Yezic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Ježić, Mislav Ježić, Dalibor Ježić, Gordan Ježić, Dragutin Ježić, Marina Ježić, Zoran Ježić, Ozren Ježić, Agica Ježić, Robert Ježić, Goran Ježić, Mario Ježić, Alema Ježić, Branimir Ježić, Mladen Ježić, Vladimir Ježić, Sanja Ježić, Štefica Ježić, Ivana Ježić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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