Surname Erlih in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Erlih families are Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Erlih live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Odranski Obrez (<5), and in Kolarovec in Ivanec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Erlih (including: Erlich , Ehrlich , Herlich , Erlicher , Erhlich , Erlicht , Erliech , Erlitha and Erlith ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Erlich " is used by some 3000 people in Israel , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Erlith " is used by few people in the United States. "Erlicht " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Eugen Erlih, Ivančica Erlih, Ana Erlih, Nada Erlih, Damir Erlih, Katica Erlih, Helena Erlih, Slavica Erlih, Bogomila Erlih, Ljuba Erlih, Andreas Erlih, Ivan Erlih, Danilo Erlih, Vladimir Erlih, Maja Erlih, Damjan Erlih, Ivana Erlih, Ante Erlih, Juraj Erlih

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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