Surname Čekolj in modern Croatia

Čekolj families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čekolj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Hrusevec (20), Pasanska Gorica in Donja Stubica area (<10), Donja Stubica (<10), and in Domahovo in Zabok area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čekolj (including: Checoli , Cecoli , Cekolj and Cekolli ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Cekolli " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Čekolj, Marijan Čekolj, Darko Čekolj, Branka Čekolj, Hrvoje Čekolj, Stjepan Čekolj, Damir Čekolj, Ivica Čekolj, Vlasta Čekolj, Alojz Čekolj, Franka Čekolj, Mario Čekolj, Đurđa Čekolj, Krešimir Čekolj, Ivan Čekolj, Sanda Čekolj, Susanne Čekolj, Tihomir Čekolj, Tomislav Čekolj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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