Surname Kekelj in modern Croatia

Kekelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kekelj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Donja Lomnica (<10), Semovci in Djurdjevac area (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Krk on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kekelj (including: Kekeli , Keczeli , Kechely , Kekely , Kecelj , Kecely , Keceli , Keckely and Kekelli ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Keckely " is used by few people in the United States. "Kechely " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Keczely " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Ana Kekelj, Božidar Kekelj, Ljerka Kekelj, Tomislav Kekelj, Marija Kekelj, Mario Kekelj, Mladen Kekelj, Miroslav Kekelj, Darko Kekelj, Stjepan Kekelj, Siniša Kekelj, Viktor Kekelj, Sanja Kekelj, Gordana Kekelj, Vesna Kekelj, Andreja Kekelj, Snježana Kekelj, Krešimir Kekelj, Milan Kekelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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