Surname Zec in modern Croatia

Zec families are often Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Imotski area and from Busko Blato area, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Osijek. In Zeci in Pazin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Zec.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Zec live in Croatia today, in 740 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 77 cities and 175 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Split (195), Osijek (130), Rijeka (85), and in Pula (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 51 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (16), Australia (9), Germany (8), Canada (4), Austria (4), France (2), Mexico (2), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Zec (including: Zech , Zecchi , Zezza , Zezzo , Zetz , Zez , Zezze , Zeez and Zeech ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Zec " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Argentina , and some 300 people in Germany. "Zetz " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Zech " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Damir Zec, Marko Zec, Branko Zec, Ivan Zec, Duško Zec, Vlado Zec, Dražen Zec, Marijan Zec, Mijo Zec, Josip Zec, Dragana Zec, Lidija Zec, Ninoslav Zec, Ranko Zec, Vitomir Zec, Milenko Zec, Dragica Zec, Vladimir Zec, Ksenija Zec

Mentions in sources

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

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