Surname Šakić in modern Croatia

Šakić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area and according to some sources from middle Bosnia (Fojnica), less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Šakić live in Croatia today, in 460 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 58 cities and 109 other places, mostly in Zagreb (225), Split (135), Osijek (70), Slavonski Brod (50), and in Studenci in Imotski area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šakić (including: Sakic , Sacic , Sakich , Sakici , Shakich , Shakic and Sacas ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Sakich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Sacic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 60 in the United States , and some 50 people in Sweden. "Sacas " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šakić, Vlado Šakić, Krešimir Šakić, Kata Šakić, Željko Šakić, Drago Šakić, Slaven Šakić, Kristina Šakić, Šimun Šakić, Nikola Šakić, Davorin Šakić, Đurđica Šakić, Saša Šakić, Branka Šakić, Zvonko Šakić, Ivan Šakić, Mate Šakić, Mladenka Šakić, Ivica Šakić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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