Surname Cenčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cenčić families are Croats (from Delnice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Lokve in Delnice area every second inhabitant had the family name Cenčić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Cenčić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Lokve in Delnice area (10), Rijeka (<10), Pula (<5), and in Delnice (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cenčić (including: Cencic , Cencich , Zencic and Chenchick ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Cencich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Zencic " is used by small number of people in New Zealand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Chenchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Eduard Cenčić, Robert Cenčić, Davorin Cenčić, Dražen Cenčić, Damir Cenčić, Bruno Cenčić, Ljiljana Cenčić, Vjenceslav Cenčić, Krešimir Cenčić, Dubravko Cenčić, Mladenka Cenčić, Lana Cenčić, Darijo Cenčić, Biserka Cenčić, Gordan Cenčić, Goran Cenčić, Andrea Cenčić, Rudolf Cenčić, Mirjana Cenčić

Mentions in sources

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

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