Surname Kesić in modern Croatia

Kesić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area , also Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Trolokve in Trogir area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kesić.

Prevalence

About 610 people with faimily name Kesić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Split (75), Rijeka (30), Trolokve in Trogir area (30), and in Pozega (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Canada (2), Germany (2), the United States (1), Austria (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to France (1).
Family name Kesić (including: Kesic , Kesici , Kesich , Kesick , Kessick , Keesic , Keshick , Keesick , Keshich and Kessic ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Kesic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 300 people in France. "Kesich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Kessic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Blanka Kesić, Tomislav Kesić, Tanja Kesić, Petar Kesić, Vesna Kesić, Marko Kesić, Saša Kesić, Dejan Kesić, Goran Kesić, Josip Kesić, Ivana Kesić, Mario Kesić, Čedomir Kesić, Niklaus Kesić, Morena Kesić, Marina Kesić, Ana Kesić, Mirko Kesić, Ivan Kesić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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