Surname Kecman in modern Croatia

Kecman families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zadar , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bosanski Petrovac area). In Smoljana in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kecman.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kecman live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Pula (20), Split (10), Zdenci in Orahovica area (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kecman (including: Kezman , Cechman , Kezhman , Kechman , Cecman , Chechman and Czechman ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Kecman " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Afghanistan. "Kezman " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Cechman " is used by some 70 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Marina Kecman, Dragoje Kecman, Dragana Kecman, Goran Kecman, Milan Kecman, Sonja Kecman, Biljana Kecman, Saša Kecman, Darko Kecman, Davor Kecman, Žarko Kecman, Marijana Kecman, Igor Kecman, Janko Kecman, Zoran Kecman, Ivana Kecman, Sanela Kecman, Nikola Kecman, Nada Kecman

Mentions in sources

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

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