Surname Zečević in modern Croatia

Zečević families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , less frequently Serbs, and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area). In Gornji Zovik in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Zečević.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Zečević live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 123 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Slavonski Brod (65), Pula (65), Drenovci in Zupanja area (55), and in Rijeka (55).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zečević (including: Zecevic , Zecevich and Zechevic ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Zecevic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Great Britain. "Zecevich " is used by some 70 people in Peru and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dušan Zečević, Ljubo Zečević, Goran Zečević, Vesna Zečević, Nino Zečević, Mirko Zečević, Nenad Zečević, Jure Zečević, Zvjezdana Zečević, Nevenka Zečević, Predrag Zečević, Biljana Zečević, Dario Zečević, Ante Zečević, Marko Zečević, Viktor Zečević, Ilija Zečević, Mirela Zečević, Neven Zečević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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