Surname Cerin in modern Croatia

Cerin families are Croats and they are mostly from Rovinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Zagreb. In Mrgani in Rovinj area every second inhabitant had the family name Cerin.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Cerin live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Rovinj (100), Zagreb (70), Pula (30), and in Mrgani (15) and Bale (15) in Rovinj area.

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), Canada (5), Argentina (5), Sweden (4), Germany (3), the United States (1), Switzerland (1), and to France (1).
Family name Cerin (including: Zerin , Cherin , Cherrin , Cheerin , Cherien , Cheryn and Chherin ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Cherin " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in France , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Cherrin " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Biljana Cerin, Giorgio Cerin, Adriano Cerin, Jasmina Cerin, Marijan Cerin, Tomislav Cerin, Dario Cerin, Aleksandra Cerin, Mladen Cerin, Nissi Cerin, Edi Cerin, Danijel Cerin, Zdenko Cerin, Anđelo Cerin, Ivana Cerin, Ivan Cerin, Toni Cerin, Slađana Cerin, Martin Cerin

Mentions in sources

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

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