Surname Orešković in modern Croatia

Orešković families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Ličko Lešće in Otocac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Orešković.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Orešković live in Croatia today, in 960 households. There were 2100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 164 other places, mostly in Zagreb (555), Licko Lesce (135), Otocac (135), Covici (70), and in Rijeka (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 48 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (23), Canada (10), Australia (5), Sweden (3), Switzerland (3), the United States (2), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Orešković (including: Oreskovic , Oreskovich , Oreshkovich , Orescovich and Oresckovich ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Oreskovic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 400 in Argentina , and some 300 people in the United States. "Oreskovich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Oresckovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Orešković, Mirko Orešković, Ivo Orešković, Vlado Orešković, Željko Orešković, Predrag Orešković, Zrinka Orešković, Krešimir Orešković, Karlo Orešković, Krunoslav Orešković, Slavko Orešković, Zdravko Orešković, Nikša Orešković, Goran Orešković, Snježana Orešković, Josip Orešković, Vlatko Orešković, Branislav Orešković, Nives Orešković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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