Surname Keceli in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Keceli live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Keceli (including: Ceceli , Khezeli , Kezeli , Kechely , Checheli , Kecely , Kecheli , Kezely and Kezelie ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Kezeli " is used by some 100 people in Georgia and small number in the United States. "Kechely " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Kezely " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Keceli, Vedran Keceli, Drago Keceli, Dragica Keceli, Antonija Keceli, Elizabeta Keceli, Đorđe Keceli, Stjepan Keceli, Ana Keceli

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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