Surname Breček in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Breček live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Osekovo in Kutina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Breček (including: Brecek , Bretscher , Berecek and Bretschger ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Brecek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bretscher " is used by some 300 people in Switzerland , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Berecek " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Breček, Josip Breček, Zlatko Breček, Vlasta Breček, Alen Breček, Marija Breček, Milka Breček, Verica Breček, Kata Breček, Ivana Breček, Matija Breček, Katica Breček, Vera Breček

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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