Surname Krešić in modern Croatia

Krešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Neum (Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area). In Vinine in Neum (Herzegovina) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Krešić.

Prevalence

About 970 people with faimily name Krešić live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Metkovic (110), Dubrovnik (45), Vinkovci (45), and in Rijeka (35).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (6), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Krešić (including: Kresic , Kresich , Cresic and Kreshich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Kresic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Kresich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Cresic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Krešić, Mario Krešić, Damir Krešić, Greta Krešić, Mirela Krešić, Stanko Krešić, Romeo Krešić, Jakov Krešić, Antun Krešić, Dario Krešić, Nenad Krešić, Vicko Krešić, Kata Krešić, Tvrtko Krešić, Vedran Krešić, Krešimir Krešić, Vinko Krešić, Mirna Krešić, Branislav Krešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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