In Croatia, Bareša families are Croats (from Vodice ), barely Slovenes (also from Vodice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice and Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Bareša live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Vodice (50), Split (<10), Zagreb (<10), Lekneno (<10), and in Sibenik (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bareša (including: Baresa , Baresha and Bareshah ) is present in 6 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.