In Croatia, Čakširaš families are generally Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Crkveni Bok in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Čakširaš.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čakširaš live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Hrastelnica (<5), and in Zreme (<5) and Crkveni Bok (<5) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Čakširaš is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.