Surname Kereši in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kereši families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kereši live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Vukovar (15), Semeljci in Djakovo area (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Koritna in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kereši (including: Kőrösi , Keresi , Kereshi , Ceresi , Keressi , Kereszi , Körösi , Cheresi and Chereshni ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Keresi " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Keressi " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kereszi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Kereši, Kalman Kereši, Josip Kereši, Ervin Kereši, Vesna Kereši, Zlatko Kereši, Manuel Kereši, Danijel Kereši, Zvonko Kereši, Katica Kereši, Đurđica Kereši, Adrijana Kereši, Đuro Kereši, Kata Kereši, Agneza Kereši, Danica Kereši, Stjepan Kereši, Viktorija Kereši, Matija Kereši

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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