Surname Krešo in modern Croatia

Krešo families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Konjic area) and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In places Trusina and Krtići in North Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Krešo.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Krešo live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Sesvete (30), Tenja (25), Osijek (20), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krešo (including: Kreso , Cereso , Kresho , Cresho , Kresso , Cressio , Kreshko , Chereso , Creso and Cresso ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Kreso " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Kresho " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Creso " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinela Krešo, Anto Krešo, Nikola Krešo, Andrija Krešo, Mira Krešo, Željko Krešo, Blaženko Krešo, Mario Krešo, Ljilja Krešo, Ilija Krešo, Anita Krešo, Mato Krešo, Ivanka Krešo, Slavica Krešo, Mara Krešo, Kristijan Krešo, Vedran Krešo, Tade Krešo, Jelica Krešo

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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