Surname Zekić in modern Croatia

Zekić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area , barely Bosniaks (from east Herzegovina) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Split. In Dračevac Ninski in Zadar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Zekić.

Prevalence

About 740 people with faimily name Zekić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 69 other places, mostly in Split (80), Zagreb (55), Dubrovnik (45), Dracevac Ninski in Zadar area (40), and in Rijeka (40).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (1), the United States (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Zekić (including: Zekic , Zecic , Zekich and Zechnich ) is present in 23 countries on four continents. The family name "Zekic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Switzerland , and some 100 people in Australia. "Zekich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zecic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Zekić, Damir Zekić, Dijana Zekić, Zoran Zekić, Robert Zekić, Sandra Zekić, Toni Zekić, Predrag Zekić, Marina Zekić, Niko Zekić, Ive Zekić, Marko Zekić, Blažena Zekić, Zorislav Zekić, Matko Zekić, Dragan Zekić, Josip Zekić, Draženka Zekić, Niki Zekić

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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