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Surname Kalajžić in modern Croatia
Kalajžić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. According to some sources they are from Zezevica near Sestanovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Omis. In Podašpilje in Omis every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kalajžić.
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Prevalence
About 370 people with faimily name Kalajžić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Split (95), Omis (70), Zezevica in Omis area (40), Zagreb (35), and in Dusina (35).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kalajžić (including: Kalajzich , Kalajzic and Kalayzich ) is present in five countries on four continents. The family name "Kalajzic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Kalajžić,
Branimir Kalajžić,
Tomo Kalajžić,
Vesna Kalajžić,
Drago Kalajžić,
Zlatan Kalajžić,
Jakša Kalajžić,
Ana Kalajžić,
Ante Kalajžić,
Maksimilijan Kalajžić,
Žana Kalajžić,
Ivica Kalajžić,
Andrija Kalajžić,
Mladen Kalajžić,
Toni Kalajžić,
Ivana Kalajžić,
Ivo Kalajžić,
Marko Kalajžić,
Marija Kalajžić
