Surname Geček in modern Croatia

Geček families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Lepoglava.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Geček live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Lepoglava (65), Ivanec (40), Zagreb (25), Presecno Visocko in Novi Marof area (20), and in Varazdin (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Geček (including: Gecek , Getschel , Getscher , Gecsek and Gechek ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Gecek " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number in Turkey. "Gecsek " is used by small number of people in Turkey and small number of people in the United States. "Getschel " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 50 in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Geček, Sunčana Geček, Darko Geček, Robert Geček, Željko Geček, Dubravka Geček, Branko Geček, Anđelko Geček, Marina Geček, Hrvoje Geček, Josip Geček, Stjepan Geček, Danijel Geček, Jasmina Geček, Denis Geček, Dražen Geček, Miljenko Geček, Željka Geček, Vjekoslav Geček

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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