Surname Amon in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Amon families are generally Croats (from Karlovac area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and barely Macedonians (also from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Amon live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (<10), Gorscaki (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Amon (including: Hamon , Ammon , Hammon , Hamoon , Amonn , Ahmon , Amoon , Ammonn and Aamon ) is present in 129 countries worldwide. "Amonn " is used by small number of people in Switzerland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Amoon " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ammon " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 300 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Amon, Dunja Amon, Marijan Amon, Ivan Amon, Mladen Amon, Renata Amon, Johan Amon, Anamarija Amon, Mirko Amon, Marija Amon, Joseph Amon, Goran Amon, Antonio Amon, Mirna Amon, Slavko Amon, Nada Amon, Zdenka Amon, Ines Amon, Marko Amon

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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