Surname Brežanski in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brežanski families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Brežanski live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Zapresic (<10), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brežanski (including: Berezansky , Brezanski , Berezhansky , Berezanski , Brezansky , Berezanschi , Berezanskii and Berezhanski ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Berezansky " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Ukraine , and some 90 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Brežanski, Bernard Brežanski, Antun Brežanski, Alan Brežanski, Ines Brežanski, Natalija Brežanski, Štefica Brežanski, Nada Brežanski, Robert Brežanski, Katarina Brežanski, Darko Brežanski, Martin Brežanski, Leopold Brežanski, Patrik Brežanski, Eva Brežanski, Jana Brežanski, Kata Brežanski, Tomo Brežanski

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 Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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