ituations with the Kecmans today is very interesting and must be viewed in the context of the last decade of the 20th century. Until the 1990s Kecmans moved around the former Yugoslavia for economic reasons. At the end of WWII many Kecmans were sent to colonise the Vojvodina region. However, the biggest migration occurred in 1995 when they were forced out of their homes by the Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Many Kecmans disappeared without trace, and some can now be found in Brcko, Derventa, Doboj…

The Kecman surname today exists on virtually every continent, except Antarctica. According to my research Kecmans are most common in Bosnia (Banja Luka, Prijedor, Petrovac, Bihac, Sarajevo, Derventa, Brcko, Doboj… Then in Serbia, and especially the Vojvodina region (Nova Pazova, Zrenjanin, Elemir, Bačka Palanka, Sombor and surrounding places), Belgrade (New Belgrade, Banovo Brdo, Zemun), Kosovo (volunteers in the King’s army received land in Kosovo after WWI). There are Kecmans in Croatia (Zagreb, Pula, Split) and Slovenia (Ljubljana, Maribor). As for further afield - Kecmans can be found virtually everywhere. Most of them emigrated in the recent war, but many left at the beginning of the 20th century “in search of bread”. They went to Canada (Kitchener, Toronto, London, Vancouver), USA (Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Phoenix), Australia (Sidney, Adelaide), New Zealand (Auckland), South Africa (Johanessburg)…

If someone from Kecman's family wants to contact me, he can send me an email:

pedja@kecman.org