Surname Kreća in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kreća families are mainly Croats (from Osijek ), less frequently Serbs, and very rarely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kreća live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sisak (<10), Tenja (<5), Mali Gradac (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kreća (including: Krechina , Crecca , Kerecha , Kreca , Chareca , Krecha , Chirecha , Krecheva , Krechka and Krecka ) is present in 26 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

Aleksandar Kreća, Milana Kreća, Nebojša Kreća, Zoran Kreća, Ljiljana Kreća, Zdravko Kreća, Vibor Kreća, Tvrtko Kreća, Koraljka Kreća, Zdravka Kreća, Srđan Kreća, Sanja Kreća, Gordana Kreća, Marija Kreća, Mirko Kreća, Melania Kreća, Tamara Kreća, Ljubica Kreća, Stana Kreća

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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