Surname Kajin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kajin families are Croats (from Buzet ), barely Slovenes (also from Buzet ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In Kajini in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Kajin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kajin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Kajini (15), Strped (10), Vrh (10), Sveti Martin (<10), and in Buzet (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kajin (including: Kayin , Kalygin , Chajin , Khayin , Kaiin , Khayyn , Kayien , Khajin and Keiyn ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Kajin " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Kayien " is used by few people in the United States. "Chajin " is used by some 300 people in Colombia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Panama.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kajin, Zdravko Kajin, Dalibor Kajin, Ana Kajin, Željko Kajin, Marijana Kajin, Dorjan Kajin, Emil Kajin, Manuela Kajin, Siniša Kajin, Darko Kajin, Miran Kajin, Dario Kajin, Karmen Kajin, Eleonora Kajin, Silvano Kajin, Krešimir Kajin, Milan Kajin, Anđelo Kajin

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories