Surname Krešan in modern Croatia

Krešan families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Krešan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Sukosan in Zadar area (50), Zadar (20), Zapresic (<5), Lipovljani in Novska area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krešan (including: Kresan , Kreshan , Cressman , Kressman , Ciresan , Cressan , Kresán , Kreshpan , Kreszán and Kreschan ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Kressman " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia. "Kreshpan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ciresan " is used by some 100 people in Romania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sabina Krešan, Nikolina Krešan, Mirjana Krešan, Hrvoje Krešan, Ivica Krešan, Bernard Krešan, Rajka Krešan, Josip Krešan, Anka Krešan, Mladenka Krešan, Marija Krešan, Arijana Krešan, Denis Krešan, Davor Krešan, Ljiljana Krešan, Zoran Krešan, Željko Krešan, Ina Krešan, Ivanka Krešan

Mentions in sources

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.

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