Surname Kreš in modern Croatia

Kreš 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 Lepoglava area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kreš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Mali Gorenec in Lepoglava area (20), Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (15), Varazdin (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kreš (including: Kress , Kresse , Kresh , Kresch , Kres , Kresz , Kressl , Krees , Kressh and Krehs ) is present in 110 countries worldwide. The family name "Kres " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Germany. "Kresh " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 70 people in Ukraine. "Kresch " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Brazil , and small number of people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Kreš, Mario Kreš, Ljiljana Kreš, Renata Kreš, Marko Kreš, Marijan Kreš, Sanda Kreš, Vladimir Kreš, Lea Kreš, Branko Kreš, Ernestina Kreš, Katarina Kreš, Željka Kreš, Vesnica Kreš, Iva Kreš, Marija Kreš, Josip Kreš, Danica Kreš, Mladen Kreš

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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