Surname Ivešić in modern Croatia

Ivešić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area). In places Radojčići and Debelo Brdo in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Ivešić.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Ivešić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Novi Grad in Slavonski Brod area (20), Jaruge in Zupanja area (20), Rijeka (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivešić (including: Ivesic , Iveschich and Iwesitsch ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Ivesic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Iveschich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Ivešić, Marinko Ivešić, Katarina Ivešić, Ljilja Ivešić, Mato Ivešić, Janjko Ivešić, Marko Ivešić, Goran Ivešić, Anto Ivešić, Jasminka Ivešić, Pero Ivešić, Dragan Ivešić, Marijana Ivešić, Tomislav Ivešić, Ivica Ivešić, Gordana Ivešić, Anita Ivešić, Slavko Ivešić, Ilija Ivešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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