Surname Arh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arh families are generally Croats (from Cabar ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Cabar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and in Slovenia. In Crni Lazi in Cabar every sixth inhabitant had the family name Arh.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Arh live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Crni Lazi (<10), Lazi (<10), Trsce (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arh (including: Arch , Archi , Arche , Artha , Arth , Arthi , Artho , Arthy and Archu ) is present in 163 countries worldwide. "Arth " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Ghana , and some 200 people in France. "Artha " is used by some 20000 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Malaysia. "Arthi " is used by some 100 people in Malaysia , about 100 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Evgenia Arh, Edo Arh, Antun Arh, Svjetlana Arh, Branka Arh, Vjekoslav Arh, Rudolf Arh, Tomaž Arh, Siniša Arh, Gordana Arh, Ivan Arh, Tanja Arh, Davor Arh, Adelita Arh, Sanja Arh, Jelka Arh, Franc Arh, Lovorka Arh, Anka Arh

Mentions in sources

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

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