Surname Gecan in modern Croatia

Gecan families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Gecan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vocin in Slatina area (15), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (15), Slavonski Brod (10), and in Odra Sisacka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Gecan (including: Getzan , Ghezan , Gehchan , Gezan , Gechan and Gezann ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Gecan " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Romania , and small number of people in Australia. "Gezan " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States. "Getzan " is used by some 70 people in the United States and about 70 in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Gecan, Draženka Gecan, Vilko Gecan, Mirjana Gecan, Božica Gecan, Marko Gecan, Renato Gecan, Dunja Gecan, Daniel Gecan, Zlatko Gecan, Nataša Gecan, Darija Gecan, Anita Gecan, Robert Gecan, Milivoj Gecan, Marijan Gecan, Vedran Gecan, Rahela Gecan, Željko Gecan

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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