Surname Cekinović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cekinović families are mainly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko and in Ogulin area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Cekinović live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Paljevine in Bjelovar area (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Rijeka (<5), Pozega (<5), and in Cikovici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cekinović (including: Cekinovic , Cekinovich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Cekinovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Cekinović, Dušan Cekinović, Gojko Cekinović, Sandra Cekinović, Nebojša Cekinović, Đurđica Cekinović, Miodrag Cekinović, Đuro Cekinović, Anđelka Cekinović, Katarina Cekinović, Nikola Cekinović, Zoran Cekinović, Smiljana Cekinović, Jovo Cekinović, Miloš Cekinović, Milka Cekinović, Ana Cekinović, Vladimir Cekinović, Ivanka Cekinović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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