Surname Kaić in modern Croatia

Kaić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Zagreb. In Valtura in Pula area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kaić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Kaić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 270 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 20 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Pula (40), Valtura in Pula area (30), Rijeka (10), and in Djurdjevac (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kaić (including: Kaiche , Kaich , Kaici , Kaichi , Kaicher , Kaichev , Kaichen , Kaic , Kaicha and Kaichu ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. "Kaich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kaichi " is used by some 200 people in Japan , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco. "Kaicher " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Neven Kaić, Luka Kaić, Zvonimir Kaić, Vera Kaić, Bernard Kaić, Henrik Kaić, Gordana Kaić, Željko Kaić, Tvrtko Kaić, Zvonko Kaić, Ilonka Kaić, Velimir Kaić, Martina Kaić, Franko Kaić, Karla Kaić, Igor Kaić, Sanja Kaić, Tanja Kaić, Dragan Kaić

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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