Surname Ferenec in modern Croatia

Ferenec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Ferenec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (15), Ivanec (10), Dubravec in Ivanec area (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferenec is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Ferenec " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States. "Ferenez " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Ferenec, Tomislav Ferenec, Jasminka Ferenec, Draženko Ferenec, Ivica Ferenec, Adela Ferenec, Mario Ferenec, Martin Ferenec, Stjepan Ferenec, Vlasta Ferenec, Željko Ferenec, Juraj Ferenec, Vera Ferenec, Matija Ferenec, Branko Ferenec, Vladimir Ferenec, Jadranka Ferenec, Josip Ferenec, Gordana Ferenec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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