Surname Breški in modern Croatia

Breški families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Breški live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Varazdin (65), Lepoglava (50), Zagreb (30), and in Selnik (20) and Calinec (10) in Ivanec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Breški (including: Breschi , Breski , Bresky , Bresci , Brescini , Breschini , Bereski , Bressky , Breschetti and Breskie ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Breski " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Breskie " is used by few people in the United States. "Bresky " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Belarus , and some 200 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Edin Breški, Deana Breški, Robert Breški, Danijela Breški, Silvija Breški, Mandica Breški, Josip Breški, Kata Breški, Matija Breški, Željko Breški, Stjepan Breški, Božidar Breški, Marijan Breški, Vladimir Breški, Damir Breški, Miroslav Breški, Dejan Breški, Mladen Breški, Ivan Breški

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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