Surname Kesovija in modern Croatia

Kesovija families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kesovija live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (20), Lovorno in Dubrovnik area (15), Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kesovija is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Kesovija " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlaho Kesovija, Aleksandra Kesovija, Ivuša Kesovija, Luce Kesovija, Željko Kesovija, Tereza Kesovija, Ivo Kesovija, Anka Kesovija, Stane Kesovija, Miho Kesovija, Ana Kesovija, Ivana Kesovija, Pero Kesovija, Mila Kesovija, Gorana Kesovija, Marija Kesovija, Mato Kesovija, Niko Kesovija, Palmira Kesovija

Mentions in sources

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

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