Surname Ament in modern Croatia

Ament families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Slatina area. In Ovčare in Orahovica area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Ament.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Ament live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), in Zdenci (10) and Ovcare (<10) in Orahovica area, Zagreb (<10), and in Jaksic in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ament (including: Amendt , Hament , Hamment , Amentt , Amenth and Amentha ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Ament " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Brazil , and some 800 people in Germany. "Amenth " is used by few people in the United States. "Amendt " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Saša Ament, Željko Ament, Zvonimir Ament, Mario Ament, Antonio Ament, Silvija Ament, Katarina Ament, Robert Ament, Đuro Ament, Stevo Ament, Barica Ament, Tatjana Ament, Danijela Ament, Mirela Ament, Ivan Ament, Rudolf Ament, Anica Ament, Etelka Ament, Elvira Ament

Mentions in sources

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

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