Kadić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , less frequently Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Zagreb. In Gundinci in Djakovo area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kadić.
Prevalence
About 800 people with faimily name Kadić live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Gundinci in Djakovo area (165), Dugi Rat in Omis area (50), Pula (40), and in Osijek (30).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.