Surname Demut in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Demut families are generally Croats (from Kutina ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar. In Bektež in Orahovica area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Demut.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Demut live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Garesnica (<10), Kutina (<5), and in Stupovaca (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Demut (including: Demuth , DeMuth and Demuet ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Demuth " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 5000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Switzerland. "DeMuth " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 5000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Demut, Ksenija Demut, Ivan Demut, Anica Demut, Hrvoje Demut, Ana Demut, Dalibor Demut, Đuro Demut, Dragica Demut, Nataša Demut, Predrag Demut, Nada Demut, Zvonko Demut, Vera Demut, Ruža Demut, Sanja Demut, Marina Demut, Lena Demut, Vanesa Demut

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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