Okreša families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Okreša live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Cakovec (40), Vukovar (10), Lopatinec in Cakovec area (10), Varazdin (<10), and in Kristanovec (<10).
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.