Surname Čih in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čih families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Čih live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 5 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5), Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), Lopatinec in Cakovec area (<5), Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), and in Cakovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čih (including: Chih , Cichy , Cich , Cih , Cicha , Chieh , Chlih , Chich , Cichi and Ciech ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. The family name "Cih " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Chih " is used by some 6000 people in Taiwan , about 800 in Algeria , and some 400 people in the United States. "Cich " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čih, Stjepan Čih, Davor Čih, Dragica Čih, Dražen Čih, Jelena Čih, Josip Čih, Melita Čih, Franc Čih, Katarina Čih, Franjo Čih, Zdenka Čih, Krunoslav Čih, Lucija Čih, Julijana Čih, Kata Čih, Marija Čih, Zlata Čih

Mentions in sources

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

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