Surname Kaica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kaica families are Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kaica live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Rijeka (10), Kukljica on the Island of Ugljan (<10), Podhum in Rijeka area (<5), Cres on the Island of Cres (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kaica (including: Kaiza , Caica , Kaicha , Chaica , Chaicha , Khaizah , Kayza , Khaiza and Kaieca ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Kaieca " is used by few people in the United States. "Chaicha " is used by some 100 people in Thailand , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Kayza " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Kaica, Tomislav Kaica, Ivana Kaica, Nataša Kaica, Vladimir Kaica, Jasna Kaica, Milo Kaica, Čedo Kaica, Ante Kaica, Darka Kaica, Milivoj Kaica, Milan Kaica, Josipa Kaica, Mladenka Kaica, Rajka Kaica, Marija Kaica, Ivica Kaica, Sandra Kaica, Sara Kaica

Mentions in sources

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

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