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Surname Ček in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Ček families are predominantly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Labin.
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Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Ček live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Pula (<5), Labin (<5), Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ček (including: Cek , Chek , Check , Cerk , Ciek , Tschek , Ceck , Csek , Tscheck and Czek ) is present in 138 countries worldwide. "Check " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Cameroon , and some 300 people in Pakistan. "Ceck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cerk " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Emilija Ček,
Augustin Ček,
Slavko Ček,
Eugenija Ček,
Helena Ček,
Zdenka Ček,
Ida Ček,
Florian Ček,
Natalija Ček,
Rita Ček,
Marino Ček,
Nardi Ček,
Ivana Ček,
Ricardo Ček,
Renato Ček,
Stjepan Ček,
Branko Ček,
Ivan Ček,
Lovro Ček
