Surname Brezović in modern Croatia

Brezović families are Croats and they are mostly from Sisljavic near Karlovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Šišljavić in Karlovac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Brezović.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Brezović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Sisljavic (70), Zagreb (65), Karlovac (55), Duga Resa (20), and in Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brezović (including: Brezovic , Brezovich , Berezovich , Berezovici and Berezovych ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Brezovic " is used by some 200 people in South Africa , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Valnea Brezović, Dragutin Brezović, Sanja Brezović, Mladen Brezović, Vladimir Brezović, Zvjezdana Brezović, Dalibor Brezović, Slavko Brezović, Mario Brezović, Maja Brezović, Sanjin Brezović, Branko Brezović, Nada Brezović, Roman Brezović, Srećko Brezović, Davor Brezović, Robert Brezović, Zlatko Brezović, Lina Brezović

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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