Surname Kevrić in modern Croatia

Kevrić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , rarely Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar area and in Zadar. In Visočane in Zadar area every third inhabitant had the family name Kevrić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Kevrić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Visocane in Zadar area (110), Zadar (75), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (15), and in Vodnjan in Pula area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kevrić (including: Kevric , Kevrick ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kevric " is used by some 70 people in Australia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Kevrick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Kevrić, Ivan Kevrić, Ankica Kevrić, Tomislav Kevrić, Šime Kevrić, Denis Kevrić, Ksenija Kevrić, Irena Kevrić, Tina Kevrić, Ana Kevrić, Meri Kevrić, Ante Kevrić, Vedrana Kevrić, Ivica Kevrić, Milka Kevrić, Marica Kevrić, Zoran Kevrić, Sandra Kevrić, Marinko Kevrić

Mentions in sources

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

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