Surname Jerešić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Jerešić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Trnovec in Varazdin area (50), Varazdin (<10), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<10), Novaki Scitarjevski (<10), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Jerešić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Martina Jerešić, Željka Jerešić, Dražen Jerešić, Ivica Jerešić, Krunoslav Jerešić, Ankica Jerešić, Slavica Jerešić, Siniša Jerešić, Marijana Jerešić, Mirjana Jerešić, Kristijan Jerešić, Štefica Jerešić, Ninoslav Jerešić, Adrijana Jerešić, Alen Jerešić, Anica Jerešić, Blaženka Jerešić, Sanja Jerešić, Vesna Jerešić

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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