Surname Kreč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kreč families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec area ), barely Slovenes (from Varazdin ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area. In Ribnjaci in Lipik every second inhabitant had the family name Kreč.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kreč live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), Rijeka (<10), Cestica in Ivanec area (<10), and in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kreč (including: Krech , Kretsch , Krec , Kreck , Krecz , Kreeck , Kreci , Krecht , Krechl and Krezz ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Krec " is used by some 100 people in Poland , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States. "Krech " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Kretsch " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Srećko Kreč, Damir Kreč, Darko Kreč, Duško Kreč, Branka Kreč, Tomislav Kreč, Tatjana Kreč, Nebojša Kreč, Ivica Kreč, Zvonimir Kreč, Miroslav Kreč, Anka Kreč, Danijel Kreč, Maja Kreč, Milan Kreč, Igor Kreč, Hrvoje Kreč, Tereza Kreč, Trpimir Kreč

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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