Surname Čeč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čeč families are predominantly Croats (from Bakar ), rarely Italians (from Rijeka ), and very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Bakar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Čeč live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and another small place , mostly in Tenja (<10), Rijeka (<10), Varazdin (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čeč (including: Cec , Cech , Czech , Ceci , Check , Chech , Chechi , Cheche , Chec and Ceck ) is present in 123 countries worldwide. "Chech " is used by some 100 people in Italy , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Cech " is used by some 5000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Slovakia. "Ceci " is used by some 9000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Argentina , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lea Čeč, Željan Čeč, Filip Čeč, Leonard Čeč, Zvonimir Čeč, Dario Čeč, Andrej Čeč, Renata Čeč, Borislava Čeč, Norman Čeč, Petra Čeč, Zvonko Čeč, Rita Čeč, Ruža Čeč, Jasen Čeč, Tanja Čeč, Boris Čeč, Kamila Čeč, Franc Čeč

Mentions in sources

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

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