Surname Kečo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kečo families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kečo live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), in Sutivan (<5) and Splitska (<5) on the Island of Brac, and in Rubesi (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kečo (including: Keco , Ceco , Kechko , Kecho , Kechego , Kecko , Kechho , Kecso , Khecho and Kecoh ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Keco " is used by some 700 people in Albania , about 80 in Korea (South) , and some 70 people in the United States. "Kecko " is used by some 50 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Kecso " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kečo, Abid Kečo, Arnel Kečo, Đimi Kečo, Biljana Kečo, Kata Kečo, Ljiljana Kečo, Mensud Kečo, Đevad Kečo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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