Surname Kešer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kešer families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kešer live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Krizevci (10), Selanec in Krizevci area (10), Zlogonje (<10), and in Zaistovec (<10) and Zamladinec (<10) in Krizevci area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kešer (including: Keser , Kessler , Kessner , Kesher , Kesser , Keeser , Keshner , Keszer , Kescher and Kessher ) is present in 105 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. "Kesher " is used by small number of people in Israel , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Kescher " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kešer, Branko Kešer, Miljenko Kešer, Željko Kešer, Jasminka Kešer, Roberta Kešer, Darko Kešer, Tomislav Kešer, Goran Kešer, Josip Kešer, Jelena Kešer, Andriana Kešer, Kristijan Kešer, Franjo Kešer, Božo Kešer, Jadranka Kešer, Marija Kešer, Marko Kešer, Jana Kešer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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