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Surname Čelko in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Čelko families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Čelko live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Sveti Ivan Zelina (15), Blazevdol (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Čelko (including: Celko , Chelko , Cselkó , Chmelko , Chiselko , Chapelko , Chebelko , Chepelko and Celco ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Celko " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States. "Chelko " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic. "Chmelko " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 50 in Slovakia.
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Characteristic first names
Dražen Čelko,
Kristina Čelko,
Miroslav Čelko,
Vlado Čelko,
Tomislav Čelko,
Štefica Čelko,
Stjepan Čelko,
Damir Čelko,
Andreja Čelko,
Marina Čelko,
Dana Čelko,
Slavica Čelko,
Jelica Čelko,
Ljubica Čelko,
Anka Čelko,
Nikola Čelko,
Dragutin Čelko,
Božena Čelko,
Ankica Čelko