Surname Cecić in modern Croatia

Cecić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Solta. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Solta. In Grohote on the Island of Solta every tenth inhabitant had the family name Cecić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Cecić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (80), Grohote on the Island of Solta (35), Zagreb (15), Rogac on the Island of Solta (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Chile (2), Australia (2), Canada (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Cecić (including: Cecich , Cecic , Chezick and Cechich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Cecic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Spain. "Cecich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Chezick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Cecić, Mojmil Cecić, Suzana Cecić, Mijo Cecić, Ivana Cecić, Denis Cecić, Ivica Cecić, Gordana Cecić, Jadran Cecić, Igor Cecić, Danira Cecić, Kata Cecić, Mirela Cecić, Ivo Cecić, Dijana Cecić, Vanja Cecić, Josip Cecić, Mladen Cecić, Josipa Cecić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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