Surname Kett in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kett families are Croats (from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kett live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Petrinja (<10), Vukovar (<5), Peroj in Pula area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kett (including: Chenett , Chevett , Kött , Ketthe , Chett , Charett , Kethut , Kethart and Kethvat ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Kett " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 400 people in Great Britain. "Ketthe " is used by few people in the United States. "Kethart " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stevica Kett, Ljuba Kett, Katarina Kett, Pavle Kett, Dragica Kett, Dragutin Kett, Ivan Kett, Sonja Kett, Ivana Kett, David Kett, Darko Kett, Nathan Kett, Adam Kett, Reinhold Kett

Mentions in sources

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

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