Surname Kavić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kavić families are almost entirely Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ), barely Hungarians, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kavić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Donje Psarjevo (30), Zagreb (30), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<10), Blazevdol (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kavić (including: Kavich , Kahvic , Kavic , Khavich , Kaviche , Kawich , Kavych , Kavick , Kavichi and Kawicz ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Kavic " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Kavich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Canada. "Kavick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Kavić, Željko Kavić, Zlatica Kavić, Mladen Kavić, Ljiljana Kavić, Josipa Kavić, Snježana Kavić, Marijana Kavić, Lujo Kavić, Erika Kavić, Miroslav Kavić, Leopold Kavić, Ljudevit Kavić, Vojko Kavić, Stjepan Kavić, Vesna Kavić, Dražen Kavić, Tomislav Kavić, Zdenko Kavić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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