Surname Čep in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čep families are almost entirely Croats (from Pregrada ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Čep live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 12 other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Trnovec (<5) and Beretinec (<5) in Varazdin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Čep (including: Cep , Chep , Cherep , Cepp , Chepp , Cheep , Chiep , Tschepp , Csepp and Tschep ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. "Cepp " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Chepp " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chiep " is used by some 300 people in Cambodia , about 200 in Burkina Faso , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kruno Čep, Dalibor Čep, Ivan Čep, Dino Čep, Kristijan Čep, Danijel Čep, Ivica Čep, Željko Čep, Gordan Čep, Petra Čep, Jasna Čep, Zdenka Čep, Andreja Čep, Goran Čep, Martina Čep, Silvija Čep, Slava Čep, Dubravka Čep, Gordana Čep

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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