Surname Čekada in modern Croatia

Čekada families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Čekada live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Labin (70), Rijeka (25), Matulji in Opatija area (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Vinez (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (2), Australia (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Čekada (including: Cekada , Cecada ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Cekada " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Čekada, Senija Čekada, Bojan Čekada, Klaudija Čekada, Tatjana Čekada, Ljubica Čekada, Dario Čekada, Branko Čekada, Loris Čekada, Josip Čekada, Marino Čekada, Mauricio Čekada, Andrea Čekada, Patricija Čekada, Taiči Čekada, Čedomil Čekada, Valdo Čekada, Ranko Čekada, Ksenija Čekada

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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