In Croatia, Čerepeš families are generally Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ), rarely Croats (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Osijek. In Korog in Vinkovci area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Čerepeš.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čerepeš 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 only threee naselja i to in Laslovo in Osijek area (10), Korog in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Vinkovci (<5).