Surname Oreški in modern Croatia

Oreški families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Cakovec. In Vukovoj in Ivanec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Oreški.

Prevalence

About 760 people with faimily name Oreški live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 80 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Varazdin (80), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (40), Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (40), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Oreški (including: Oreski , Oresky , Oreshki , Horesky , Horeschi , Horeski and Oreskie ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Oreski " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Oreskie " is used by few people in the United States. "Oresky " is used by some 300 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Oreški, Darko Oreški, Maja Oreški, Štefanija Oreški, Ernest Oreški, Đuro Oreški, Tihomir Oreški, Tanja Oreški, Josip Oreški, Jasminka Oreški, Stjepan Oreški, Inga Oreški, Mirjana Oreški, Branko Oreški, Predrag Oreški, Damir Oreški, Dražen Oreški, Željko Oreški, Stanko Oreški

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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