Surname Kreča in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kreča families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kreča live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Vojnic in Duga Resa area (<5), and in Sumarina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kreča (including: Crecca , Kerecha , Kreca , Chareca , Krecha , Chirecha , Krechka , Cereca and Krecka ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Kreca " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Crecca " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and some 100 people in Italy. "Cereca " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ksenija Kreča, Milica Kreča, Darko Kreča, Branko Kreča, Mara Kreča, Ranko Kreča, Vladimir Kreča, Jelena Kreča, Milan Kreča, Slavko Kreča, Marija Kreča, Vukosava Kreča, Aleksandar Kreča, Jaga Kreča, Kata Kreča, Koraljka Kreča, Manojlo Kreča, Matija Kreča, Petar Kreča

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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