Surname Centa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Centa families are predominantly Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ), rarely Hungarians (also from Grubisno Polje area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Centa live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Mala Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<10), Bedenik in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Centa (including: Chenta , Zenta , Ccenta , Chentha and Centhia ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Centa " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Brazil , and some 200 people in Italy. "Chentha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Centa, Mario Centa, Olodar Centa, Mirko Centa, Jasna Centa, Oskar Centa, Valentina Centa, Tihomir Centa, Krunoslav Centa, Vesna Centa, Rudolf Centa, Mira Centa, Ljiljana Centa, Vendel Centa, Ivan Centa, Dijana Centa, Bara Centa, Ljudevit Centa, Irma Centa

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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