Surname Ceh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ceh families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ceh live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zadar (<5) and Dalj in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ceh (including: Zech , Cech , Cechi , Cecho , Cechl , Cecha , Ceeh , Tzech and Ceth ) is present in 106 countries worldwide. The family name "Ceh " is used by some 200 people in Mexico , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Syria. "Zech " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Austria. "Tzech " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janko Ceh, Ksenija Ceh, Petar Ceh, Đuro Ceh, Đurđica Ceh, Kristijan Ceh, Aleksander Ceh, Ivan Ceh, Janos Ceh, Karolina Ceh, Marija Ceh, Nick Ceh

Mentions in sources

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

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