Kvesić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In places Dužice and Rasno in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kvesić.
Prevalence
About 800 people with faimily name Kvesić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Osijek (40), Split (40), Slavonski Brod (35), and in Sesvete (30).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kvesić (including: Kvesic , Kvesich ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Kvesic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.