Surname Berenji in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Berenji families are predominantly Croats (from Osijek area ), rarely Bosniaks (from Grubisno Polje area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Berenji live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Gornja Kovacica in Grubisno Polje area (<5), and in Zvonimirovo in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berenji (including: Berenyi , Berényi and Berenjie ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Berenji " is used by some 3000 people in Iran , about 200 in Haiti , and some 200 people in the United States. "Berenyi " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 600 in the United States , and some 500 people in Romania. "Berényi " is used by some 900 people in Hungary , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Berenji, Rozalija Berenji, Marko Berenji, Ana Berenji, Ružica Berenji, Slavica Berenji, Petar Berenji, Tibor Berenji, Sebile Berenji, Ivica Berenji, Gizela Berenji

Mentions in sources

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

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