Surname Bertoša in modern Croatia

Bertoša families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Kaldir in Buzet area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bertoša.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Bertoša live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 12 Croatian cities and 18 other places, mostly in Pazin (30), Kaldir in Buzet area (15), Labin (10), and in Karojba (<10) and Novaki Motovunski (<10) in Pazin area.

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (5), Canada (2), Austria (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Bertoša (including: Bertosa , Bertossa ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Bertosa " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Bertoša, Branimir Bertoša, Slaven Bertoša, Mislava Bertoša, Franko Bertoša, Ivan Bertoša, Marko Bertoša, Mladen Bertoša, Željko Bertoša, Doriano Bertoša, Maria Bertoša, Tamara Bertoša, Danijel Bertoša, Alen Bertoša, Ardis Bertoša, Maksimilijan Bertoša, Dario Bertoša, Danijela Bertoša, Adam Bertoša

Mentions in sources

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

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