Surname Đeneš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Đeneš families are generally Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Slovenes, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Đeneš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Crikvenica (15), Zagreb (<10), Ovcare in Orahovica area (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đeneš (including: Denes , Genes , Dienes , Gyenes , Djenes , Denesh , Gienes , Deness , Dienesh and Dieness ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Gyenes " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Dienes " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Germany. "Gienes " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Đeneš, Svjetlana Đeneš, Dominik Đeneš, Željka Đeneš, Conni Đeneš, Branka Đeneš, Ratko Đeneš, Krunoslav Đeneš, Ela Đeneš, Ivica Đeneš, Ivana Đeneš, Mario Đeneš, Danijel Đeneš, Milan Đeneš, Slavica Đeneš, Iva Đeneš, Darko Đeneš, Đuro Đeneš, Marina Đeneš

Mentions in sources

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

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