In Croatia, Cechich families are Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Cechich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cechich is present in five countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.