Surname Cerović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cerović families are generally Croats (from Novi Vinodolski area ), barely Bosniaks (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Novi Vinodolski area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Cerović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Bjelovar (<10), Tribalj in Novi Vinodolski area (<10), Zabjak in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Crikvenica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cerović (including: Cerovich , Cerovic and Zerovic ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Cerovich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in South Africa , and small number of people in Canada. "Zerovic " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Cerović, Robert Cerović, Marija Cerović, Ljerka Cerović, Sandra Cerović, Darko Cerović, Ivana Cerović, Goran Cerović, Željka Cerović, Ivan Cerović, Davorin Cerović, Arsen Cerović, Ana Cerović, Tomislav Cerović, Tamara Cerović, Slavica Cerović, Rajko Cerović, Dario Cerović, Iva Cerović

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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