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.

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).

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.

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

Mentions in sources

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

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