Cenkovčan families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Cenkovčan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Molve in Djurdjevac area (65), Koprivnica (10), Repas in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cenkovčan is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.