Surname Abraham in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Abraham families are Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Abraham live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Koprivnica (<5), and in Vinica (<5) and Vinica Breg (<5) in Ivanec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Abraham (including: Abrahám , Abhraham , Abracham , Abrahaam , Aabraham , Abbraham , Abrahamm , Abrraham and Aberaham ) is present in 175 countries worldwide. The family name "Abraham " is used by some 400000 people in Ethiopia , about 100000 in the United States , and some 100000 people in Eritrea. "Abracham " is used by small number of people in Poland , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Aberaham " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Abraham, Darko Abraham, Dražen Abraham, Štefica Abraham, Andrej Abraham, Tihomir Abraham, Zlata Abraham, Marijan Abraham, Katarina Abraham, Petar Abraham, Hrvoje Abraham, Jasna Abraham, Rudolf Abraham, Vesna Abraham, Paul Abraham, Đurđica Abraham, Zoran Abraham, Josip Abraham, Mario Abraham

Mentions in sources

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

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