Surname Nekić in modern Croatia

Nekić families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (Ravno, or Jasenice near Mostar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj and Zadar. In Stolac in Senj every third inhabitant had the family name Nekić.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Nekić live in Croatia today, in 730 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 105 other places, mostly in Zadar (240), Zagreb (235), Senj (160), Podgradina in Zadar area (155), and in Senj (130).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), Germany (6), the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2), Switzerland (1), and to France (1).
Family name Nekić (including: Nekic , Necas , Nekich , Nechiche , Necic and Neckich ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Nekic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Nekich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Neckich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katica Nekić, Milan Nekić, Ivica Nekić, Darko Nekić, Zvonimir Nekić, Mladen Nekić, Joso Nekić, Goran Nekić, Marin Nekić, Marica Nekić, Hrvoje Nekić, Valter Nekić, Ante Nekić, Ivan Nekić, Marina Nekić, Sanja Nekić, Antun Nekić, Blaženka Nekić, Damir Nekić

Mentions in sources

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

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