Surname Erceg in modern Croatia

Erceg families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac , a prema nekimi izvorima from Mandalina near Sibenik, and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Sibenik. In Veliki Prolog in Vrgorac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Erceg.

Prevalence

About 2400 people with faimily name Erceg live in Croatia today, in 990 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 131 other places, mostly in Split (330), Zagreb (300), Sibenik (210), Vrgorac (130), and in Makarska (125).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), Germany (6), Switzerland (4), the United States (3), New Zealand (3), Spain (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Erceg (including: Herceg , Herzeg , Erzeg , Herzegh and Hercegh ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Erceg " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Australia , and some 300 people in New Zealand. "Herceg " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 400 people in Hungary. "Herzegh " is used by few people in Sweden and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Erceg, Damir Erceg, Gorislav Erceg, Nada Erceg, Anđelko Erceg, Marijan Erceg, Sanja Erceg, Nikša Erceg, Marinko Erceg, Davorka Erceg, Marko Erceg, Matko Erceg, Marin Erceg, Ruža Erceg, Aleksandar Erceg, Tonći Erceg, Filip Erceg, Denis Erceg, Maja Erceg

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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