Surname Čačić in modern Croatia

Čačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. According to some sources they are from village Buzim in Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zagreb. In Bruška in Benkovac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Čačić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Čačić live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 58 cities and 103 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Zadar (95), Rijeka (75), Vinkovci (55), and in Bruska (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Germany (6), France (3), Switzerland (2), Canada (2), Austria (1), Sweden (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Čačić (including: Cacic , Cacich , Chachich , Cacas , Chacas , Chacich , Chachick and Cachich ) 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. "Cacich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chachich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Radimir Čačić, Marija Čačić, Mato Čačić, Dražen Čačić, Ivan Čačić, Jasna Čačić, Zvonimir Čačić, Milan Čačić, Ivica Čačić, Marko Čačić, Božo Čačić, Davor Čačić, Luka Čačić, Belinda Čačić, Mirjana Čačić, Mladen Čačić, Boris Čačić, Pavao Čačić, Pero Čačić

Mentions in sources

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

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