Surname Čes in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čes families are predominantly Croats (from Osijek area ), rarely Hungarians (from Daruvar area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Belisce.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Čes live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Laslovo in Osijek area (10), Valpovo (<10), Zdenci in Orahovica area (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čes (including: Ces , Ches , Chess , Chies , Cess , Cees , Cies , Cers , Chues and Cesh ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. "Ches " is used by some 400 people in Russian Federation , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Ukraine. "Chess " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 300 in Kenya , and some 200 people in Indonesia. "Cies " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 70 in Spain.

Characteristic first names

Darko Čes, Sanja Čes, Bosiljka Čes, Agica Čes, Katica Čes, Željko Čes, Vencl Čes, Marija Čes, Šara Čes, Maja Čes, Ivica Čes, Julijana Čes, Vendelin Čes, Petar Čes, Josip Čes, Blagdana Čes, Nataša Čes, Kristina Čes, Nikolina Čes

Mentions in sources

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

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