Bregeš families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zapresic. In Donja Pušća in Zapresic area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Bregeš.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Bregeš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Donja Pusca in Zapresic area (25), Zapresic (<5), Zlebec Puscanski in Zapresic area (<5), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bregeš is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.