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Surname Čeke in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Čeke families are mainly Croats (from Djakovo ), less frequently Hungarians (from Vukovar area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Backa, Vojvodina.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Čeke live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Djakovo (10), Osijek (<10), Pula (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Brsadin in Vukovar area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Čeke (including: Cheke , Cseke , Chieke , Ceke , Chueke , Checke , Chekke , Chekhe , Tscheke and Cecke ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Cheke " is used by some 90 people in Cameroon , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Zimbabwe. "Checke " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in Tunisia. "Cecke " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Terezija Čeke,
Stevica Čeke,
Lucija Čeke,
Mladen Čeke,
Antun Čeke,
Igor Čeke,
Drago Čeke,
Ružica Čeke,
Dario Čeke,
Dorijan Čeke,
Zoltan Čeke,
Anica Čeke,
Ištvan Čeke,
Marina Čeke,
Karlo Čeke,
Stevan Čeke,
Franjo Čeke,
Ljudevit Čeke,
Violeta Čeke
