Surname Cerc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cerc families are Croats (from Oroslavje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Cerc live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Oroslavje (<5), and in Donja Stubica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cerc (including: Cherc , Cherch and Zerz ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Cerc " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljerka Cerc, Tomislav Cerc, Vjekoslav Cerc, Jasminka Cerc, Ivan Cerc, Marija Cerc, Katica Cerc, Marijan Cerc, Mirjana Cerc, Gordana Cerc, Igor Cerc, Emilijana Cerc, Zlata Cerc, Emilija Cerc, Emilije Cerc, Ivica Cerc, Jasna Cerc, Milka Cerc, Nada Cerc

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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