Surname Berać in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Berać families are Croats (from Drnis area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Split. In Vlaka in East Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Berać.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Berać live in Croatia today, in 30 households.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (35), Cerna in Zupanja area (10), Zupanja (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Ruzic in Drnis area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berać (including: Berac , Beracha , Berach , Berack , Beracz , Berachi , Beracci and Berachah ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Beracz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Beracha " is used by some 300 people in Mexico , about 90 in the United States , and some 80 people in Israel. "Berachah " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Berać, Marijana Berać, Mario Berać, Ante Berać, Marko Berać, Petar Berać, Ivana Berać, Josip Berać, Mirela Berać, Svjetlana Berać, Ivica Berać, Marijo Berać, Andrija Berać, Monika Berać, Marija Berać, Marjan Berać, Filip Berać, Dubravka Berać, Jakov Berać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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