Surname Vreš in modern Croatia

Vreš families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cazma.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Vreš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Brezje in Vrbovec area (<10), Cazma (<10), and in Ravnice (<10) and Vilanci (<10) in Zabok area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Vreš (including: Veres , Veress , Vres , Veresh , Vresch , Vresh , Vrösch , Wresh , Vrees and Vress ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Vresh " is used by few people in the United States. "Vrees " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Veresh " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Vreš, Aleksandra Vreš, Gordana Vreš, Igor Vreš, Dragana Vreš, Hrvoje Vreš, Helga Vreš, Ivan Vreš, Jelena Vreš, Josip Vreš, Nedeljko Vreš, Ljiljana Vreš, Marina Vreš, Goran Vreš, Branko Vreš, Tihomir Vreš, Ljubomir Vreš, Ruzarija Vreš, Vlado Vreš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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