Surname Kekić in modern Croatia

Kekić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area , also Serbs and Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In Stari Grad Žumberački in Ozalj area every second inhabitant had the family name Kekić.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Kekić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Karlovac (35), Sisak (25), Zagraj (20), and in Duga Resa (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (5), Canada (3), France (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kekić (including: Kekic , Kekich , Kechiche , Kecic , Kechich , Cekic , Keckich , Keckic , Kechichi and Cekici ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Kekic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 500 in Turkey , and some 90 people in France. "Kekich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Keckich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Kekić, Željko Kekić, Esad Kekić, Ariana Kekić, Višnjica Kekić, Miroslav Kekić, Goran Kekić, Sulejman Kekić, Božidar Kekić, Damir Kekić, Marko Kekić, Almasa Kekić, Ivana Kekić, Nataša Kekić, Čedomil Kekić, Džani Kekić, Mira Kekić, Nikola Kekić, Janko Kekić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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