Surname Bereček in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bereček families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bereček live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Donji Desinec (20), Samobor (<5), Jastrebarsko (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Bereček is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Berecek " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravka Bereček, Marijan Bereček, Nikola Bereček, Tomica Bereček, Vesna Bereček, Petar Bereček, Josip Bereček, Stjepan Bereček, Mario Bereček, Monika Bereček, Barica Bereček, Antun Bereček, Irena Bereček, Željko Bereček, Boris Bereček, Hrvoje Bereček, Domagoj Bereček, Zora Bereček, Bara Bereček

Mentions in sources

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.

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