Surname Kreković in modern Croatia

Kreković families are Croats and they are mostly from Romanija , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic. In Dobrc in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kreković.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kreković live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Perusic in Gospic area (15), Knin (10), Djakovo (<10), and in Gospic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kreković (including: Krekovic , Cerekovic , Kreckovic , Krekovich , Krekhovich , Churekovich and Kerekovic ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Krekovic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Krekovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kreckovic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Kreković, Antonija Kreković, Ivan Kreković, Milan Kreković, Željko Kreković, Neven Kreković, Matija Kreković, Ana Kreković, Siniša Kreković, Mile Kreković, Marijana Kreković, Ksenija Kreković, Iva Kreković, Dubravka Kreković, Zdravka Kreković, Kristijan Kreković, Mladen Kreković, Predrag Kreković, Antun Kreković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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