Surname Čehok in modern Croatia

Čehok families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Korenjak in Ivanec area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čehok.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Čehok live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Sisak (<10), Koprivnica (<10), in Donje Ladanje (<10) and Biljevec (<10) in Ivanec area, and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čehok (including: Cehok , Chehock and Tscheschlok ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Cehok " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chehock " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tscheschlok " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čehok, Dragutin Čehok, Zvonimir Čehok, Radmila Čehok, Nenad Čehok, Željko Čehok, Josip Čehok, Ivica Čehok, Gordana Čehok, Đulijano Čehok, Marijan Čehok, Mario Čehok, Melita Čehok, Dražen Čehok, Renato Čehok, Nada Čehok, Blaženka Čehok, Nikolina Čehok, Draženka Čehok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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