Surname Kresić in modern Croatia

Kresić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kresić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Vinkovci (20), Komaji in Dubrovnik area (15), Osijek (10), Vukovar (10), and in Dalj in Vinkovci area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kresić (including: Kresic , Kresich and Cresic ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Kresic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Kresich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Cresic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Kresić, Branka Kresić, Branko Kresić, Maja Kresić, Danijel Kresić, Igor Kresić, Nada Kresić, Nebojša Kresić, Nikola Kresić, Željko Kresić, Svetlana Kresić, Borivoj Kresić, Josip Kresić, Zvonimirka Kresić, Jelena Kresić, Dragoslav Kresić, Anđa Kresić, Milana Kresić, Željka Kresić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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