Surname Ester in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Ester live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Jaksic in Pozega area (25), Zagreb (15), Pleternica (10), Pozega (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ester (including: Esther , Hester , Eszter , Heester , Ehster , Esthimer , Eshter , Öster and Eester ) is present in 133 countries worldwide. The family name "Ester " is used by some 5000 people in Brazil , about 5000 in Indonesia , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Ehster " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in France. "Esthimer " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katja Ester, Zvonimir Ester, Ivan Ester, Iva Ester, Đuro Ester, Anamaria Ester, Ivica Ester, Krešo Ester, Drago Ester, Ivana Ester, Zvonko Ester, Željko Ester, Marija Ester, Valentina Ester, Zoran Ester, Antun Ester, Velimir Ester, Vinko Ester, Filip Ester

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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