Surname Alerić in modern Croatia

Alerić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Vrgorac.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Alerić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Osijek (45), Split (45), Makarska (25), and in Imotski (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (7) and the United States (1).
Family name Alerić (including: Aleric , Alerich and Ahlerich ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Aleric " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Alerich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ahlerich " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zorica Alerić, Dražen Alerić, Snježana Alerić, Ivan Alerić, Danijel Alerić, Željko Alerić, Borislav Alerić, Marko Alerić, Srećko Alerić, Krešimir Alerić, Slavko Alerić, Miro Alerić, Zorka Alerić, Anđelko Alerić, Petar Alerić, Roza Alerić, Ante Alerić, Teuta Alerić, Ivanka Alerić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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