Surname Broz in modern Croatia

Broz 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 Krapina. In Kumrovec in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Broz.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Broz live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Sesvete (45), Radoboj in Krapina area (40), Kumrovec in Pregrada area (25), and in Grdun (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (3), Australia (3), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Broz (including: Brozzi , Brozzo , Brozzu , Berozzi , Beroz and Brozza ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Broz " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 700 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Italy. "Brozzo " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 90 in Argentina , and some 80 people in the United States. "Beroz " is used by small number of people in Spain and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlatko Broz, Ranko Broz, Mladen Broz, Ivo Broz, Tanja Broz, Đovani Broz, Žarko Broz, Tajana Broz, Goran Broz, Dragutin Broz, Marijan Broz, Anita Broz, Ivica Broz, Ivan Broz, Senka Broz, Andrej Broz, Jasminka Broz, Aleksandar Broz, Saša Broz

Mentions in sources

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

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