Surname Kavedžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kavedžija families are generally Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kavedžija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Donji Draganec (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Pula (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kavedžija (including: Kavedzija , Kavediya , Kawediya and Kavedhiya ) is present in five countries on four continents. "Kawediya " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Kavedžija, Julijana Kavedžija, Danijela Kavedžija, Marina Kavedžija, Anica Kavedžija, Vinko Kavedžija, Mijat Kavedžija, Franjo Kavedžija, Jela Kavedžija, Kaja Kavedžija, Petar Kavedžija, Zoran Kavedžija, Franc Kavedžija, Ivica Kavedžija, Snježana Kavedžija, Pavle Kavedžija, Anita Kavedžija, Iza Kavedžija, Stjepan Kavedžija

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