Surname Kešina in modern Croatia

Kešina families are Croats and they are mostly from Tuzla Region , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lopare area).

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Kešina live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Vid (65), Zagreb (25), Metkovic (15), Split (<10), and in Pican in Pazin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kešina (including: Kesina , Keshina , Ceschina , Khesina , Cheshina , Cesina , Keshkina , Kesiena , Khessina and Kessiena ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Kesiena " is used by few people in the United States. "Khessina " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kešina, Beti Kešina, Ivica Kešina, Danijel Kešina, Željko Kešina, Jurica Kešina, Marica Kešina, Biserka Kešina, Milijan Kešina, Kristian Kešina, Anastazija Kešina, Tomislav Kešina, Anto Kešina, Nika Kešina, Ante Kešina, Nikica Kešina, Gordana Kešina, Krešimir Kešina, Marko Kešina

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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