Breščić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Butoniga in Pazin every third inhabitant had the family name Breščić.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Breščić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Pula (10), in Sveti Petar u Sumi (10) and Grimalda (<10) in Pazin area, Umag (<10), and in Murine (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (2), and to Germany (1). Family name Breščić (including: Brescic , Brescich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Brescic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Austria.
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.
