Surname Berger in modern Croatia

Berger families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje. According to some sources the family name originates Czechia, rarely Czechs, also from Grubisno Polje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Grubisno Polje. In Donja Rašenica in Grubisno Polje every tenth inhabitant had the family name Berger.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Berger live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Bjelovar (20), Pozega (20), Osijek (15), and in Ivanja Reka (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berger (including: Bergher , Börger , Bergherr , Beerger and Bergheer ) is present in 139 countries worldwide. The family name "Berger " is used by some 100000 people in Germany , about 80000 in the United States , and some 40000 people in France. "Bergher " is used by some 90 people in Romania , about 80 in Brazil , and some 80 people in the United States. "Bergherr " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Berger, Leo Berger, Libuška Berger, Branislav Berger, Petar Berger, Stanislav Berger, Dalibor Berger, Aleksandra Berger, Marko Berger, Jasna Berger, Gordana Berger, Ilonka Berger, Edo Berger, Damir Berger, Renata Berger, Ana Berger, Mladen Berger, Snežana Berger, Alen Berger

Mentions in sources

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

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