Surname Kereša in modern Croatia

Kereša families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Gornja Konjščina in Zlatar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kereša.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Kereša live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Varazdin (20), in Gornja Konjscina (15) and Konjscina (15) in Zlatar area, Turcin in Varazdin area (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kereša (including: Ceresa , Keresa , Ceressia , Chehresa , Keresha , Cheresa and Keressa ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Keresha " is used by few people in the United States. "Keressa " is used by few people in the United States. "Ceresa " is used by some 4000 people in Italy , about 800 in Brazil , and some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Kereša, Snježana Kereša, Marina Kereša, Stjepan Kereša, Damir Kereša, Darko Kereša, Tomislav Kereša, Josip Kereša, Filip Kereša, Rudolf Kereša, Dijana Kereša, Jurica Kereša, Zlatko Kereša, Vilko Kereša, Zvonimir Kereša, Mladen Kereša, Tatjana Kereša, Davorka Kereša, Hrvoje Kereša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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