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Surname Jekić in modern Croatia
Jekić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Podrinje (Bosnia)) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Sisak. In Grabovac Banski in Petrinja every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jekić.
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Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Jekić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 250 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 23 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Grabovac Banski (15), Pazin (15), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (15), and in Split (10).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Jekić (including: Jekic , Jekich , Yekich , Jecic and Jecas ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. "Jekich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yekich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jecas " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zorka Jekić,
Nives Jekić,
Predrag Jekić,
Božidar Jekić,
Mladen Jekić,
Maja Jekić,
Vanja Jekić,
Zoran Jekić,
Josip Jekić,
Vinko Jekić,
Sokrat Jekić,
Nevenka Jekić,
Daniel Jekić,
Karmen Jekić,
Bosiljka Jekić,
Mirjana Jekić,
Uroš Jekić,
Miljenko Jekić,
Borko Jekić
