Surname Brezina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brezina families are mainly Croats (from Daruvar ), less frequently Czechs (from Daruvar area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Daruvar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Brezina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Daruvar (10), in Daruvarski Brestovac (<10) and Sibovac (<10) in Daruvar area, and in Venje in Orahovica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brezina (including: Berezina , Berezhina and Brezhina ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Brezina " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Davor Brezina, Blanka Brezina, Stanislav Brezina, Josip Brezina, Željko Brezina, Anton Brezina, Mirko Brezina, Zlatko Brezina, Ljiljana Brezina, Ankica Brezina, Višnja Brezina, Dalibor Brezina, Gordana Brezina, Dario Brezina, Goran Brezina, Danijel Brezina, Ivan Brezina, Otokar Brezina, Petr Brezina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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