Surname Ćatić in modern Croatia

Ćatić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area , often Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area). In places Lukavice and Čaglica in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ćatić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Ćatić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Pula (30), Rijeka (25), Slavonski Samac in Zupanja area (20), and in Zupanja (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćatić (including: Catic , Caticha , Cattich , Catich , Catichi , Chatick , Chatich , Chattic , Catiche and Catici ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Catic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in France. "Catich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cattich " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Amir Ćatić, Alma Ćatić, Mato Ćatić, Bernad Ćatić, Emil Ćatić, Dragana Ćatić, Ismet Ćatić, Refik Ćatić, Hasan Ćatić, Hasija Ćatić, Naila Ćatić, Željko Ćatić, Azra Ćatić, Jasmina Ćatić, Meho Ćatić, Petar Ćatić, Enes Ćatić, Bego Ćatić, Enisa Ćatić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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