Surname Čehak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čehak families are Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čehak live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čehak (including: Cehak , Chehak , Cechák , Csehak , Czechak , Chechak , Cerhák , Cehák , Cerhak and Czehak ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Cehak " is used by small number of people in Poland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Chehak " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Csehak " is used by some 100 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Čehak, Željko Čehak, Iva Čehak, Nada Čehak, Ilona Čehak, Jelica Čehak, Margit Čehak, Margita Čehak

Mentions in sources

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

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