Surname Cesarić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Cesarić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Cres on the Island of Cres (10), Molve in Djurdjevac area (10), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Poljana on the Island of Ugljan (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cesarić (including: Cesaric , Cessarich ) is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Cesaric " is used by few people in the United States. "Cessarich " is used by small number of people in Algeria and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rafael Cesarić, Ivana Cesarić, Nada Cesarić, Dobriša Cesarić, Višnja Cesarić, Dino Cesarić, Aldo Cesarić, Đuro Cesarić, Mario Cesarić, Dolores Cesarić, Slavko Cesarić, Kety Cesarić, Ivanka Cesarić, Janja Cesarić, Josip Cesarić, Marija Cesarić, Darinko Cesarić, Franjo Cesarić, Krešimir Cesarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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