Surname Kajić in modern Croatia

Kajić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area). In places Lisovo , Bugojčići and Donji Lug in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Kajić.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Kajić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Sesvete (35), Knin (25), Rijeka (20), and in Zadar (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kajić (including: Kajic , Cajic , Kayici , Kayich , Kajiche , Keiichi and Kajich ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Kajic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 80 in Sweden , and some 60 people in the United States. "Kayich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cajic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Iraq.

Characteristic first names

Rasima Kajić, Marko Kajić, Nenad Kajić, Vesna Kajić, Branko Kajić, Hrvoje Kajić, Robert Kajić, Pejo Kajić, Mario Kajić, Tomislav Kajić, Davorin Kajić, Gordana Kajić, Marina Kajić, Ljubica Kajić, Vanja Kajić, Marinka Kajić, Franjo Kajić, Darko Kajić, Vedran Kajić

Mentions in sources

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.

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