Surname Đekić in modern Croatia

Đekić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats, from Kosovo , very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Osijek. In Duboki Dol in Knin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Đekić.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Đekić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Gracac in Knin area (35), Slavonski Brod (30), Rijeka (20), and in Dugo Selo (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Đekić (including: Djekic , Gecas , Dekich , Decas , Gecic , Dechick , Djekich , Dekic , Deckich and Diekich ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Djekic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Denmark. "Dekic " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number in Poland , and small number in the United States. "Dekich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Đekić, Darko Đekić, Damir Đekić, Branka Đekić, Bogdan Đekić, Boris Đekić, Velid Đekić, Robert Đekić, Neven Đekić, Željko Đekić, Sanja Đekić, Vinko Đekić, Marija Đekić, Miroslav Đekić, Tomislav Đekić, Kristina Đekić, Aleksandar Đekić, Siniša Đekić, Ilsa Đekić

Mentions in sources

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

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