Surname Demeter in modern Croatia

Demeter families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Demeter live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (20), Slatina (15), Sirac in Daruvar area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Demeter (including: Dömötör , Demetter ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Demeter " is used by some 10000 people in Romania , about 9000 in Hungary , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Demetter " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Belgium. "Dömötör " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Demeter, Igor Demeter, Đurđa Demeter, Zvonimir Demeter, Svjetlana Demeter, Dimitrija Demeter, Zlatko Demeter, Sztojka Demeter, Pero Demeter, Dario Demeter, Davor Demeter, Ivana Demeter, Mario Demeter, Antun Demeter, Ivan Demeter, Katica Demeter, Dimitrije Demeter, Mato Demeter, Darko Demeter

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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