Surname Keić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Keić families are generally Croats (from Daruvar area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Keić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Kuljani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<5), Sirac in Daruvar area (<5), and in Pojatno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Keić (including: Keich , Keicher , Keitsch , Keichel , Keic , Ceic , Keick , Keiichi , Keichi and Keychi ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Keic " is used by few people in the United States. "Keich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Dominican Republic. "Keicher " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Robert Keić, Svjetlana Keić, Mario Keić, Dario Keić, Dalibor Keić, Vukašin Keić, Žarko Keić, Ana Keić, Slavko Keić, Boško Keić, Milan Keić, Sava Keić, Antonia Keić, Stevo Keić, Marija Keić, Đurđa Keić, Dragica Keić, Ivka Keić, Branko Keić

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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