Surname Zjača in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zjača families are mainly Croats (from Zadar ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Nin. In Donji Babin Potok in Otocac area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Zjača.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zjača live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Karlovac (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Donji Babin Potok in Otocac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Zjača (including: Zjaca , Ziacha and Ziaca ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Zjaca " is used by few people in the United States. "Ziaca " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hela Zjača, Dušan Zjača, Mladen Zjača, Božena Zjača, Slobodan Zjača, Katarina Zjača, Ratko Zjača, Duško Zjača, Guido Zjača, Dragica Zjača, Ivan Zjača, Anđelko Zjača, Sonja Zjača, Iva Zjača, Elvis Zjača, Jadranka Zjača, Dina Zjača, Uroš Zjača, Milica Zjača

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