Surname Kačić in modern Croatia

Kačić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kačić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (65), Zagreb (35), Pucisca on the Island of Brac (20), Dubrovnik (15), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), New Zealand (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kačić (including: Kacic , Kachnic , Kacich , Kachic , Kachich , Kachlic , Kacici , Kacicz , Kacick and Kacsics ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Kacic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Chile , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Kachic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kacich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljubomir Kačić, Zdravko Kačić, Miro Kačić, Hrvoje Kačić, Sonja Kačić, Smiljana Kačić, Augustin Kačić, Eli Kačić, Inge Kačić, Zoran Kačić, Mira Kačić, Smiljka Kačić, Donald Kačić, Edi Kačić, Mislav Kačić, Josip Kačić, Milivoj Kačić, Dražen Kačić, Miranda Kačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1725 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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