Surname Kežić in modern Croatia

Kežić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Vrgorac area. In Mali Prolog in Vrgorac area every second inhabitant had the family name Kežić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Kežić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Metkovic (140), Stasevica (45), Ploce (40), Split (20), and in Zagreb (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kežić (including: Kezic , Kezich , Chezick , Kezick and Kezhich ) 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

Neva Kežić, Joško Kežić, Zvonko Kežić, Marijo Kežić, Nedjeljka Kežić, Marinko Kežić, Dinko Kežić, Ivica Kežić, Mirko Kežić, Zoran Kežić, Jurica Kežić, Krešimir Kežić, Lenko Kežić, Draženko Kežić, Damir Kežić, Janja Kežić, Slavica Kežić, Snježana Kežić, Alen Kežić

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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