Surname Ćaćić in modern Croatia

Ćaćić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Gospic , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area). In places Velika Plana and Bužim in Gospic every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ćaćić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Ćaćić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Zagreb (165), Gospic (65), Sesvete (45), Knin (45), and in Zupanja (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (3), Canada (2), Austria (1), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Ćaćić (including: Cacic , Chachich , Cacas , Chacas , Chacich , Cachich , Cacich and Chachick ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Cacic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 500 people in Canada. "Chachich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Chacich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božo Ćaćić, Marijo Ćaćić, Ivo Ćaćić, Stjepan Ćaćić, Milan Ćaćić, Luka Ćaćić, Goran Ćaćić, Marija Ćaćić, Hrvoje Ćaćić, Zorka Ćaćić, Karlo Ćaćić, Branimir Ćaćić, Ivica Ćaćić, Irena Ćaćić, Martin Ćaćić, Ilija Ćaćić, Damir Ćaćić, Anka Ćaćić, Anto Ćaćić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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