Surname Čavić in modern Croatia

Čavić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman , often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and on the Island of Pasman. In Čavići in Middle Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Čavić.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Čavić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Zadar (40), Cacinci in Orahovica area (30), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (25), and in Razanac in Nin area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (3), Canada (2), Australia (2), Austria (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Čavić (including: Cavic , Cawich , Chawich , Cavich , Chavich , Caviche , Cavichi , Chaviech , Chavic and Chawick ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Cavic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Turkey. "Chavic " is used by few people in the United States. "Cavich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Čavić, Elvis Čavić, Vlado Čavić, Lea Čavić, Duško Čavić, Zoran Čavić, Petar Čavić, Stjepan Čavić, Predrag Čavić, Antonio Čavić, Gabrijela Čavić, Miroslav Čavić, Dean Čavić, Alen Čavić, Martina Čavić, Danijel Čavić, Mirko Čavić, Snježana Čavić, Tomislav Čavić

Mentions in sources

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

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