Surname Andres in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Andres families are generally Croats (from Sisak ), rarely Czechs (also from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Andres live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sisak (15), Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Crikvenica (<5), and in Sela (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Andres (including: Andress , Anderes , Andrees , Andrés , Handres , Andresz , Andresh and Anderess ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. "Andress " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 500 people in Somalia. "Andrees " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 90 in Indonesia , and some 70 people in the United States. "Andresh " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Andres, Željko Andres, Wolfgang Andres, Ivan Andres, Branko Andres, Stevo Andres, Franjo Andres, Jasminka Andres, Dragan Andres, Ladislav Andres, Nevena Andres, Zdenka Andres, Ljubica Andres, Zoran Andres, Robert Andres, Slavko Andres, Marija Andres, Miroslav Andres, Štefica Andres

Mentions in sources

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

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