Surname Jesih in modern Croatia

Jesih families are Croats and they are mostly from Slovenia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia. In Stara Ves Košnička in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jesih.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Jesih live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Bratkovec in Klanjec area (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Stara Ves Kosnicka in Pregrada area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jesih (including: Yesih , Jessicha , Jesitha , Jessich , Yessith and Jesich ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Jesih " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Yessith " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Jesih, Davor Jesih, Ivana Jesih, Milica Jesih, Damir Jesih, Frančiška Jesih, Đurđica Jesih, Boris Jesih, Pavao Jesih, Rudolf Jesih, Silvana Jesih, Božo Jesih, Biljana Jesih, Gabrijela Jesih, Natali Jesih, Zdenko Jesih, Dragutin Jesih, Dorian Jesih, Matija Jesih

Mentions in sources

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

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