Surname Čenić in modern Croatia

Čenić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pozega , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Pozega. In Uzdolje in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Čenić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čenić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pozega (15), Uzdolje in Knin area (10), Split (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Sibenik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (2), the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Čenić (including: Cenic , Chenic , Cernich , Cernick , Cenich , Cernic and Chenich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Chenich " is used by few people in the United States. "Cernich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in Czech Republic , small number of people in Germany. "Cernick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ankica Čenić, Lidija Čenić, Željko Čenić, Dušan Čenić, Pero Čenić, Mirko Čenić, Žarko Čenić, Julijana Čenić, Andrea Čenić, Damir Čenić, Danijel Čenić, Čedo Čenić, Tomislav Čenić, Čedomir Čenić, Krešimir Čenić, Ranko Čenić, Jasmina Čenić, Josip Čenić, Dragan Čenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1692 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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