Surname Zajić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zajić families are mainly Croats (from Zagreb ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zajić live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5), Kastel Sucurac (<5), and in Plat in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zajić (including: Zajic , Zajíc , Zajicz , Zayic and Zajick ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Zajic " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 4000 in Czech Republic , and some 900 people in the United States. "Zayic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zajick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Zajić, Dario Zajić, Dragan Zajić, Miljivoje Zajić, Mirjana Zajić, Spasenija Zajić, Tomislav Zajić, Samir Zajić, Sandra Zajić, Zdenka Zajić, Božena Zajić, Radivoje Zajić, Ankica Zajić, Rožalba Zajić, Patricia Zajić, Patrik Zajić, Gabriela Zajić, Jugoslav Zajić, Stanislav Zajić

Mentions in sources

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

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