Surname Kereković in modern Croatia

Kereković families are Croats and they are mostly from Pleternica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Slavonski Brod. In Živike in Pleternica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kereković.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kereković live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zivike in Pleternica area (60), Zagreb (30), Luzani in Pleternica area (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Oriovac in Pleternica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kereković (including: Cerekovic , Cherekhovich , Kerekovich and Kerekovic ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Cerekovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Kereković, Davorin Kereković, Marijan Kereković, Alan Kereković, Dubravka Kereković, Jadranko Kereković, Mirko Kereković, Rino Kereković, Ivan Kereković, Krunoslav Kereković, Marija Kereković, Mirjana Kereković, Antun Kereković, Zlatko Kereković, Dragutin Kereković, Tomislav Kereković, Damir Kereković, Željko Kereković, Mirela Kereković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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