Surname Zaić in modern Croatia

Zaić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Vilanci in Zabok area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Zaić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Zaić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Vilanci in Zabok area (<10), Samobor (<5), Gornji Zbilj in Pregrada area (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zaić (including: Zaic , Zaich , Zaichko , Zaichik , Zaichka , Zaichuk , Zaicz , Zaichek , Zaick and Zaiec ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Zaic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 50 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Zaich " is used by some 300 people in Algeria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Tunisia. "Zaichik " is used by some 100 people in Russian Federation , about 100 in Israel , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Denis Zaić, Marijana Zaić, Nikolina Zaić, Danica Zaić, Kristina Zaić, Ivica Zaić, Branko Zaić, Dragutin Zaić, Goran Zaić, Drago Zaić, Ivana Zaić, Kata Zaić, Sofija Zaić, Asja Zaić, Miroslav Zaić, Dubravko Zaić, Željko Zaić, Blaženka Zaić, Melita Zaić

Mentions in sources

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

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