Surname Sakić in modern Croatia

Sakić families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In Gornji Jasenjani in Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Sakić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Sakić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Zadar (25), Zagreb (25), Biograd na moru (10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sakić (including: Sakic , Sacic , Sakich , Sakici , Saccas , Sacash , Sachichi , Shakich , Szacas and Sacas ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Sakich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Sacic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 60 in the United States , and some 50 people in Sweden. "Sacas " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Sakić, Vesna Sakić, Martin Sakić, Romano Sakić, Milan Sakić, Igor Sakić, Renata Sakić, Gordana Sakić, Jasmin Sakić, Sandra Sakić, Luka Sakić, Ljiljana Sakić, Irena Sakić, Evelina Sakić, Slobodanka Sakić, Sabir Sakić, Slavenka Sakić, Anita Sakić, Marina Sakić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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