Surname Kerec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kerec families are generally Croats (from Varazdin ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kerec live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), Varazdin (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Trinajstici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kerec (including: Körez , Kerez , Cerez , Kerecz , Keretz , Cierech , Kerrec , Czerech and Cerec ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Keretz " is used by some 50 people in Brazil and about 50 in the United States. "Kerecz " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany. "Cierech " is used by some 200 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Kerec, Tomislav Kerec, Klaudija Kerec, Stjepan Kerec, Sanjin Kerec, Mladen Kerec, Suzana Kerec, Davor Kerec, Nada Kerec, Anka Kerec, Anja Kerec, Zmago Kerec, Ivka Kerec, Olga Kerec, Milan Kerec, Zora Kerec, Biserka Kerec, Branko Kerec, Klaudio Kerec

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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