Cerčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Mali Komor in Zlatar area every second inhabitant had the family name Cerčić.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Cerčić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Mali Komor in Zlatar area (50), Zagreb (45), Dugo Selo (<10), Graberje Ivanicko (<10), and in Vukanci in Zlatar area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.