In Croatia, Čeić families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Ozalj. In Tomaševci in Ozalj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Čeić.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čeić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only five naselja i to in Lijesce (<5), Zagreb (<5), Tomasevci in Ozalj area (<5), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5), and in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<5).
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.