Surname Keser in modern Croatia

Keser families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Iloka area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slunj. In Bijeli Klanac in Duga Resa area every second inhabitant had the family name Keser.

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Keser live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 640 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Karlovac (35), Modrus in Ogulin area (30), Rijeka (20), and in Staro Petrovo Selo in Nova Gradiska area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Austria (3), Argentina (3), Norway (3), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Keser (including: Kesser , Keeser , Käser , Kesher , Keesser , Köser , Ceser , Keczer and Keszer ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Keser " is used by some 50000 people in Turkey , about 3000 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Kesser " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Algeria , and some 50 people in France. "Kesher " is used by small number of people in Israel , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Keser, Suzana Keser, Dragutin Keser, Zlatko Keser, Petar Keser, Mirjana Keser, Tomislav Keser, Miroslav Keser, Livio Keser, Blaženka Keser, Neven Keser, Vilko Keser, Dijana Keser, Darko Keser, Marija Keser, Vlado Keser, Ana Keser, Irena Keser, Ivanka Keser

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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