Surname Cettina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cettina families are predominantly Italians (from Pula ), rarely Croats (from Rijeka ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Cettina live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Pula (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cettina is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Cettina " is used by some 100 people in Italy and about 100 in the United States. "Zettina " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Elettra Cettina, Marino Cettina, Gordana Cettina, Gino Cettina, Odina Cettina, Silvano Cettina, Albina Cettina, Antonio Cettina, Edoardo Cettina, Eduardo Cettina, Eufemia Cettina, Ferruccio Cettina, Francesco Cettina, Giovanni Cettina, Gregorio Cettina, Ida Cettina, Maria Cettina, Martino Cettina, Natale Cettina

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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