Surname Šer in modern Croatia

Šer families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šer live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Otok in Vinkovci area (40), Osijek (15), Privlaka (10), Nijemci in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Samobor (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šer (including: Ser , Sher , Scher , Sehr , Serr , Szer , Seer , Sther , Hser and Serh ) is present in 155 countries worldwide. "Sher " is used by some 60000 people in Pakistan , about 4000 in Uzbekistan , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Scher " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 600 people in Germany. "Serr " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 300 people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Šer, Drago Šer, Marija Šer, Ana Šer, Zoran Šer, Doris Šer, Bruno Šer, Damir Šer, Petar Šer, Ružica Šer, Slavka Šer, Dragan Šer, Luca Šer, Josip Šer, Ivkica Šer, Branko Šer, Ivona Šer, Danijela Šer, Danijel Šer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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