Surname Kašić in modern Croatia

Kašić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split. In Krašići in Podrinje (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kašić.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Kašić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Split (35), Bobovje (25), Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (10), and in Drnis (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (2), Australia (2), the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Kašić (including: Kasic , Kasich , Kashich , Kassick , Kasick , Kassich , Kascic , Kasics , Kasicz and Kassic ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Kasic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Chile , and some 200 people in France. "Kasich " is used by some 600 people in Ukraine , about 300 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in the United States. "Kashich " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Biljana Kašić, Nikola Kašić, Slađana Kašić, Siniša Kašić, Predrag Kašić, Biserka Kašić, Krunoslav Kašić, Franjo Kašić, Sonja Kašić, Svjetlana Kašić, Davor Kašić, Božena Kašić, Slobodan Kašić, Silvija Kašić, Vesna Kašić, Snježana Kašić, Mirko Kašić, Ankica Kašić, Sanela Kašić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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