Surname Fejer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fejer families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar ), very rarely Germans (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Fejer live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located and another small Croatian place , mostly in Bjelovar (10), Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<5), Trojstveni Markovac (<5), and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fejer (including: Fejér , Feier , Feyer , Feeser , Feener , Feeler , Feerer , Feeder and Pheyer ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Fejer " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and about 90 in the United States. "Feyer " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in Ukraine , and some 200 people in the United States. "Feeser " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Branko Fejer, Mirjana Fejer, Tomislav Fejer, Marija Fejer, Ivan Fejer, Dražen Fejer, Nedeljko Fejer, Vlado Fejer, Goranka Fejer, Miran Fejer, Adam Fejer, Viktor Fejer, Jurica Fejer, Marica Fejer, Danica Fejer, Katarina Fejer, Nada Fejer, Antun Fejer, Martin Fejer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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