Surname Ferenc in modern Croatia

Ferenc families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area , but often Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Ferenc live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Osijek (40), Zagreb (15), Pozega (10), Laslovo in Osijek area (10), and in Dekanovec in Prelog area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferenc (including: Ferencz , Ferenz , Ferentz , Fehrentz , Fehrenz and Ferrenz ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Ferenz " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 200 people in Poland. "Ferentz " is used by some 300 people in Romania , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Brazil. "Ferencz " is used by some 4000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in Romania , and some 700 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Ferenc, Antun Ferenc, Željko Ferenc, Mirjana Ferenc, Ivica Ferenc, Marija Ferenc, Branimir Ferenc, Milan Ferenc, Ivan Ferenc, Vedrana Ferenc, Petra Ferenc, Dalibor Ferenc, Sandra Ferenc, Anita Ferenc, Verica Ferenc, Tomislav Ferenc, Veronika Ferenc, Beata Ferenc, Ernest Ferenc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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