Surname Barešić in modern Croatia

Barešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area and according to some sources from Pakostane. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area. In Drage in Biograd na moru area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Barešić.

Prevalence

About 920 people with faimily name Barešić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 850 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 86 other places, mostly in Pakostane (140) and Drage (85) in Biograd na moru area, Zadar (80), Zagreb (80), and in Rijeka (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Austria (3), the United States (3), the United Kingdom (3), Australia (2), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Barešić (including: Baresic , Baresich and Baressich ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Baresic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Baresich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Gordan Barešić, Zdravko Barešić, Damir Barešić, Denis Barešić, Korina Barešić, Anka Barešić, Sanja Barešić, Daniela Barešić, Ilija Barešić, Karlo Barešić, Mladen Barešić, Jadranka Barešić, Dunja Barešić, Miro Barešić, Stipo Barešić, Renato Barešić, Milan Barešić, Tomislav Barešić, Melinda Barešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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