Surname Brečević in modern Croatia

Brečević families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Brečevići in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Brečević.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Brečević live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 15 Croatian cities and 27 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Pazin (25), in Brecevici (25) and Tinjan (20) in Pazin area, and in Porec (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (4), the United States (3), Sweden (2), Australia (2), Switzerland (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Brečević (including: Brecevic , Brecevich , Berecevic and Brechkevich ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Brecevic " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lukrecija Brečević, Marino Brečević, Lara Brečević, Ljerka Brečević, Aleksandra Brečević, Morena Brečević, Marijela Brečević, Lina Brečević, Mladen Brečević, Kristijan Brečević, Lino Brečević, Đulio Brečević, Veljko Brečević, Antonia Brečević, Marija Brečević, Franko Brečević, Anita Brečević, Aldo Brečević, Roberto Brečević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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