Surname Cetina in modern Croatia

Cetina families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pula area , rarely Serbs. The surname comes from Bosanska Posavina and probably has its roots in Dalmatinska Zagora. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka. In Divšići in Pula area every third inhabitant had the family name Cetina.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Cetina live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Pula (110), Vodnjan in Pula area (55), Zagreb (50), Sesvete (35), and in Rijeka (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cetina (including: Zetina , Chetina , Cettina and Zethina ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Cetina " is used by some 10000 people in Mexico , about 6000 in Colombia , and some 700 people in the United States. "Zethina " is used by few people in the United States. "Cettina " is used by some 100 people in Italy and about 100 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slaven Cetina, Deborah Cetina, Jadranka Cetina, Mario Cetina, Romeo Cetina, Goran Cetina, Dalibor Cetina, Ančica Cetina, Elio Cetina, Robert Cetina, Branka Cetina, Vojmir Cetina, Nikola Cetina, Toni Cetina, Oliver Cetina, Brankica Cetina, Zlatko Cetina, Đurđica Cetina, Davor Cetina

Mentions in sources

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

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