Surname Čekalović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čekalović families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Čekalović live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Split (<10), Lozisca on the Island of Brac (<10), Vis on the Island of Vis (<5), Solin (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čekalović (including: Cekalovic , Cekalovich ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Cekalovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikolina Čekalović, Petar Čekalović, Ivica Čekalović, Davor Čekalović, Hanja Čekalović, Alen Čekalović, Andreja Čekalović, Tihomir Čekalović, Lukrecija Čekalović, Stjepan Čekalović, Lucija Čekalović, Vinka Čekalović, Vesna Čekalović, Katarina Čekalović, Marija Čekalović, Željan Čekalović, Luka Čekalović, Sara Čekalović, Roko Čekalović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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