Surname Kesar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kesar families are predominantly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Nova Gradiska area. In Marini in Bosnian Krajina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kesar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kesar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (15), Gornji Bogicevci in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (<5), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Kesar (including: Cesar , Kessar , Keshar , Khesar , Cessar , Keesar , Keessar , Qesar and Kheshar ) is present in 130 countries worldwide. The family name "Kesar " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Keesar " is used by few people in the United States. "Cessar " is used by some 200 people in Syria , about 100 in Brazil , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radovan Kesar, Oliver Kesar, Slavko Kesar, Denis Kesar, Čedo Kesar, Blaženka Kesar, Dragana Kesar, Dalida Kesar, Ivana Kesar, Mira Kesar, Vendi Kesar, Drenka Kesar, Milan Kesar, Robert Kesar, Daliborka Kesar, Nina Kesar, Tomislav Kesar, Miljka Kesar, Dragan Kesar

Mentions in sources

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

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