Surname Čakija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čakija families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čakija live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Krizevci (10), in Kusijevec (10) and Miholec (<10) in Krizevci area, Zagreb (<10), and in Erdovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čakija (including: Chakiya , Cakija , Caciya , Chachiya , Cacija and Chaciya ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Cacija " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andreja Čakija, Dejan Čakija, Nada Čakija, Ivan Čakija, Dino Čakija, Stjepan Čakija, Biserka Čakija, Irena Čakija, Sanela Čakija, Kata Čakija, Nevenka Čakija, Zdenka Čakija, Josip Čakija, Dalibor Čakija, Jana Čakija, Bara Čakija, Marija Čakija, Franjo Čakija, Ana Čakija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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