Surname Ambrož in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ambrož families are Croats by relative majority (from Pleternica area ), equally Czechs (from Daruvar area ), and very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pakrac. In Otkopi in Daruvar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Ambrož.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ambrož live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Daruvar (<10), Ljudevit Selo (<10), Koncanica in Daruvar area (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ambrož (including: Ambroz , Ambróz , Ambrozhi and Ambrozzi ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Ambroz " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Ambrož, Ivana Ambrož, Anita Ambrož, Jaro Ambrož, Dražen Ambrož, Ivan Ambrož, Lidija Ambrož, Bosiljka Ambrož, Vladimir Ambrož, Jaroslav Ambrož, Dalibor Ambrož, Vlatka Ambrož, Karmela Ambrož, Vaclav Ambrož, Josip Ambrož, Kvetuša Ambrož, Vencl Ambrož, Božena Ambrož, Milada Ambrož

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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