Surname Kezić in modern Croatia

Kezić families are Croats and they are mostly from Banja Luka area (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from village Kezici near Split and from Poljica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Split.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Kezić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Split (75), Zagreb (35), Zadar (25), Rijeka (20), and in Vojnic in Duga Resa area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Kezić (including: Kezic , Kezich , Chezick , Cheezic and Kezick ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Kezic " is used by some 100 people in Australia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Kezich " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Chezick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Kezić, Ada Kezić, Jurica Kezić, Neno Kezić, Maja Kezić, Nikola Kezić, Danko Kezić, Slobodanka Kezić, Mario Kezić, Bernard Kezić, Jasmina Kezić, Nenad Kezić, Branko Kezić, Petar Kezić, Davor Kezić, Dragan Kezić, Neven Kezić, Zdravka Kezić, Iridej Kezić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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