Surname Aras in modern Croatia

Aras families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Split.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Aras live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Sibenik (75), Split (20), Zagreb (15), Zadar (10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Aras (including: Arash , Arras , Ahras , Arrass , Arhas , Araas , Arasz , Arrash and Arass ) is present in 102 countries worldwide. "Araas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Arasz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Arras " is used by some 1000 people in Mexico , about 1000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Aras, Nebojša Aras, Davor Aras, Viktor Aras, Slađana Aras, Lujo Aras, Josip Aras, Klaudia Aras, Boris Aras, Nikola Aras, Ivanka Aras, Ivo Aras, Paula Aras, Zoran Aras, Andrija Aras, Željko Aras, Mileva Aras, Nada Aras, Nikolina Aras

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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