Surname Berc in modern Croatia

Berc families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Kladnik in Pregrada area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Berc.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Berc live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Kladnik in Pregrada area (20), Pula (10), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<10), and in Djakovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berc (including: Bertz , Berz , Berch , Berzs , Beerck , Berzh , Bercz , Berzhe and Bercci ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Berc " is used by some 100 people in France , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Poland. "Berz " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 60 people in Switzerland. "Bertz " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Anera Berc, Gordana Berc, Boris Berc, Ljiljana Berc, Dafne Berc, Tomislav Berc, Sergej Berc, Margita Berc, Vanja Berc, Barbara Berc, Kristijan Berc, Klarin Berc, Snježana Berc, Antun Berc, Milan Berc, Ivica Berc, Brankica Berc, Đorđe Berc, Krešo Berc

Mentions in sources

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

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