Surname Kresina in modern Croatia

Kresina families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Kresini in Pazin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kresina.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kresina live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 16 other places, mostly in Rovinj (25), Krizanci in Pazin area (20), Pula (15), and in Zminj (15) and Kresini (<10) in Pazin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kresina (including: Cresina , Chereshina , Kreshina , Khresina , Kereshina , Cressina and Ceresina ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Kresina " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Cresina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ceresina " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sandro Kresina, Maurizio Kresina, Damir Kresina, Andi Kresina, Ivana Kresina, Ingeval Kresina, Dragica Kresina, Branko Kresina, Melita Kresina, Ljiljana Kresina, Robert Kresina, Ante Kresina, Nataša Kresina, Suzana Kresina, Sandra Kresina, Dorijano Kresina, Elio Kresina, Minella Kresina, Lučano Kresina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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