Surname Bernhardt in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bernhardt families are Croats (from Ilok ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Ilok.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bernhardt live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Ilok (<10), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Petrcane (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bernhardt is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Bernhardt " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 9000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Stella Bernhardt, Zoran Bernhardt, Stjepan Bernhardt, Perica Bernhardt, Jürgen Bernhardt, Ivan Bernhardt, Franja Bernhardt, Anđela Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, Ana Bernhardt, Marta Bernhardt, Rudolf Bernhardt, Eugene Bernhardt, Vera Bernhardt, Kata Bernhardt, Dorothea Bernhardt, Ljiljana Bernhardt, Anette Bernhardt, Franjo Bernhardt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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