Kežman families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Zagreb. In Slanje in Ludbreg area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kežman.
Prevalence
About 220 people with faimily name Kežman live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Ludbreg (40), Tomasica (15), Koprivnica (10), and in Glina (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Spain (4), the United States (3), Switzerland (1), and to Germany (1). Family name Kežman (including: Kezman , Kezhman ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Kezman " is used by some 70 people in the United States.
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.
