Surname Bressan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bressan families are predominantly Italians (from Opatija area ), rarely Croats (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija area and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bressan live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<5), Lovran in Opatija area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Funtana in Rovinj area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bressan is present in 43 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Leonardo Bressan, Valnea Bressan, Loredana Bressan, Snježana Bressan, Ivan Bressan, Aldo Bressan, Loris Bressan, Nereo Bressan, Armando Bressan, Marija Bressan, Izidor Bressan, Guerino Bressan, Silvana Bressan, Andrea Bressan, Oretta Bressan, Carlo Bressan, Ernesta Bressan, Maria Bressan, Sergio Bressan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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