Surname Cecelja in modern Croatia

Cecelja families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Cecelja live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Podevcevo (20), Donji Miholjac (15), Varazdin (15), and in Strmec Remetinecki (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cecelja (including: Cecelia , Cecelya and Zezelia ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Cecelja " is used by few people in Belgium and few people in the United States. "Cecelya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cecelia " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 100 in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Bernarda Cecelja, Jasenka Cecelja, Davorin Cecelja, Željko Cecelja, Mario Cecelja, Antun Cecelja, Ivica Cecelja, Višnja Cecelja, Radovan Cecelja, Ivan Cecelja, Tomica Cecelja, Matija Cecelja, Miroslav Cecelja, Andrea Cecelja, Ivanka Cecelja, Katica Cecelja, Alexandra Cecelja, Robert Cecelja, Božidar Cecelja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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