Surname Cekuš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cekuš families are Croats (from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Cekuš live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), Samobor (<5), Umag (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cekuš (including: Cekus , Chekus and Cekush ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Cekus " is used by some 100 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Turkey.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Cekuš, Branko Cekuš, Milica Cekuš, Dragutin Cekuš, Iris Cekuš, Josip Cekuš, Branka Cekuš, Nada Cekuš, Vladimir Cekuš, Sanja Cekuš, Alana Cekuš, Lara Cekuš, Rocco Cekuš, Stanislava Cekuš, Arpad Cekuš, Jelica Cekuš, Jula Cekuš, Mijo Cekuš, Vera Cekuš

Mentions in sources

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

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