Surname Brežni in modern Croatia

Brežni families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Brežni live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), Salinovec (10), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Cestica in Ivanec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brežni (including: Brezny , Berezny , Brezni , Berezhny , Berezni , Brezhnyy , Brezsny and Berezhani ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Brezni " is used by few people in the United States. "Brezny " is used by some 400 people in Slovakia , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Brezsny " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Biserka Brežni, Boris Brežni, Sanja Brežni, Slavko Brežni, Kristijan Brežni, Vesna Brežni, Vanja Brežni, Goran Brežni, Marijan Brežni, Đuka Brežni, Matija Brežni, Ivan Brežni, Dražen Brežni, Miljenko Brežni, Mario Brežni, Ivica Brežni, Adela Brežni, Alen Brežni, Marija Brežni

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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