Surname Gečić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gečić families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gečić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (10), Koprivnica (<10), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (<10), Starigrad (<5), and in Kunovec in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Gečić (including: Gecic , Gecas , Götschi , Getschel , Gecich and Ghecas ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Gecic " is used by few people in Finland and few people in the United States. "Gecich " is used by few people in the United States. "Gecas " is used by some 700 people in Lithuania , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Davor Gečić, Josip Gečić, Hrvoje Gečić, Vladimir Gečić, Marijan Gečić, Suzana Gečić, Anica Gečić, Neven Gečić, Siniša Gečić, Helena Gečić, Mato Gečić, Lidija Gečić, Irma Gečić, Antun Gečić, Alen Gečić, Ante Gečić, Pavao Gečić, Barica Gečić, Ana Gečić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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