Surname Čakarić in modern Croatia

Čakarić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Skender Vakuf area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In places Dobretići , Slipčevići and Brnjići in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Čakarić.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Čakarić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Split (15), Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (10), Karlovac (10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čakarić is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Marija Čakarić, Mladen Čakarić, Vlado Čakarić, Goran Čakarić, Zlatko Čakarić, Mijo Čakarić, Ilija Čakarić, Ivan Čakarić, Marijana Čakarić, Anto Čakarić, Duško Čakarić, Ankica Čakarić, Vladimir Čakarić, Miler Čakarić, Jerko Čakarić, Amarita Čakarić, Branko Čakarić, Mara Čakarić, Snježana Čakarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories