Cerančević families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Vinkovci. In Ivankovo in Vinkovci area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Cerančević.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Cerančević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (65), Vinkovci (<5), Zagreb (<5), Kutina (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cerančević is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.