Surname Kečkan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kečkan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 130 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (15), Zbelava (<10), Trnovec in Varazdin area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Gornji Kucan (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kečkan (including: Keckan , Checkan and Kechkan ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Keckan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kechkan " is used by few people in the United States. "Checkan " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Brigita Kečkan, Danica Kečkan, Vladimir Kečkan, Ivan Kečkan, Tomislav Kečkan, Antun Kečkan, Danijel Kečkan, Mario Kečkan, Vjekoslav Kečkan, Ružica Kečkan, Božo Kečkan, Kruno Kečkan, Marijana Kečkan, Filip Kečkan, Pavao Kečkan, Anđela Kečkan, Đurđica Kečkan, Danijela Kečkan, Jelena Kečkan

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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