Surname Čekić in modern Croatia

Čekić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Rovinj area , also Serbs and Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area). In Kostreši Bjelovački in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every second inhabitant had the family name Čekić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Čekić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bubani in Rovinj area (20), Rovinj (20), Vrbanja in Zupanja area (20), and in Porec (15).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (2), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Čekić (including: Cekic , Cerkic , Tschersich , Tschernich , Cecich , Cechich , Chekich , Cecic , Cekich and Cekici ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Cekic " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States. "Cerkic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Cecic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Spain.

Characteristic first names

Braco Čekić, Davor Čekić, Armando Čekić, Robert Čekić, Denis Čekić, Ronald Čekić, Renato Čekić, Dario Čekić, Danijel Čekić, Daniel Čekić, Jasmin Čekić, Alen Čekić, Ivan Čekić, Ada Čekić, Ćerima Čekić, Aleksandar Čekić, Daniela Čekić, Ivana Čekić, Roberto Čekić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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