Andreis families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. According to some sources the family name originates from Greece. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Split.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Andreis live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (85), Zagreb (25), Split (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Andreis (including: Andreys , Andreies ) is present in 33 countries worldwide.
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.
