Surname Dimec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dimec families are generally Croats (from Pregrada area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Dimec live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Mokrice (<10), in Gornje Brezno (<5) and Donje Brezno (<5) in Pregrada area, and in Selce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dimec (including: Dimech , Dimezza , Dhimec , Dimezzo , Dimetz , Dhimmec , Dimez and Diemez ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Dimez " is used by few people in the United States. "Diemez " is used by few people in the United States. "Dimezza " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Damir Dimec, Marijan Dimec, Ksenija Dimec, Ljiljanka Dimec, Mirjana Dimec, Sonja Dimec, Božidar Dimec, Vinko Dimec, Tomislav Dimec, Jasna Dimec, Dušanka Dimec, Zdravko Dimec, Ignac Dimec, Davor Dimec, Jure Dimec, Ivan Dimec, Ana Dimec, Slava Dimec, Zdenka Dimec

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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