Kresonja families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Gora Veternička in Lepoglava area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kresonja.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Kresonja live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Velika Veternicka in Lepoglava area (15), Varazdin (15), and in Gora Veternicka (15) and Novi Golubovec (10) in Lepoglava area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Kresonja is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Kresonja " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.