Surname Fero in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fero families are generally Croats (from Porec ), very rarely Italians (from Novigrad ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Fero live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Porec (10), Vrvari (10), Novigrad (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Sveti Lovrec Pazenaticki in Porec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fero (including: Ferro , Feero , Ferroh , Phero , Feroh and Feroo ) is present in 116 countries worldwide. The family name "Fero " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 700 in Egypt , and some 600 people in Zimbabwe. "Phero " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Feero " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 50 in Canada , and small number of people in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Danijela Fero, Suzana Fero, Leonida Fero, Karmen Fero, Mario Fero, Danijel Fero, Zoran Fero, Nada Fero, Marino Fero, Davor Fero, Gordana Fero, Patrik Fero, Marija Fero, Livio Fero, Aldo Fero, Erminio Fero, Dario Fero, Franko Fero, Roberta Fero

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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