Surname Geci in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Geci live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Ivanec (40), Koprivnica (30), Zagreb (30), Varazdin (15), and in Ivanecki Vrhovec (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Geci (including: Gezi , Gezzi , Getzie , Gecy , Géci , Getzi , Gezie , Ghezi and Gechie ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Geci " is used by some 1000 people in Albania , about 700 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Getzi " is used by few people in the United States. "Gezzi " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 60 in Zambia , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Geci, Branko Geci, Edita Geci, Božica Geci, Mario Geci, Renata Geci, Nada Geci, Darinka Geci, Krešimir Geci, Ines Geci, Irena Geci, Emil Geci, Marko Geci, Tatjana Geci, Dragica Geci, Josip Geci, Davor Geci, Kristina Geci, Nives Geci

Mentions in sources

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

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