Surname Keres in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Keres families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Keres live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 7 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (15), in Sandrovac (10) and Veliko Trojstvo (<10) in Bjelovar area, Novoseljani (<5), and in Mala Ciglena (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Keres (including: Ceres , Kehres , Kerres , Kerecz , Kheres , Kheresh , Keresh , Kehrees and Keress ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. The family name "Keres " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and some 100 people in France. "Keress " is used by few people in the United States. "Kehres " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Josip Keres, Branka Keres, Ivan Keres, Emila Keres, Ružica Keres, Zoran Keres, Mira Keres, Željko Keres, Gordana Keres, Stevo Keres, Alen Keres, Ivana Keres, Renata Keres, Jasna Keres, Zlatko Keres, Snježana Keres, Jasmina Keres, Andreja Keres, Karlo Keres

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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