Surname Kataj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kataj families are Croats (from Djakovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kataj live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Djakovo (<10), Vinkovci (<10), Nustar in Vinkovci area (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Zupanja (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kataj (including: Katai , Kathai , Katay , Kattay , Kathay , Kataly , Katayy , Kathaj and Kadtai ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Katai " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Kathay " is used by few people in the United States. "Katei " is used by some 600 people in Kenya , about 60 in Tanzania , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dejan Kataj, Petar Kataj, Nada Kataj, Helena Kataj, Tomislav Kataj, Dražen Kataj, Mirjana Kataj, Antonija Kataj, Milica Kataj, Stjepan Kataj, Anica Kataj, Verica Kataj, Silvija Kataj, Vedran Kataj, Eva Kataj, Franjo Kataj, Željko Kataj, Vladimir Kataj, Manuel Kataj

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.

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