Surname Ganz in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ganz live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Antunovac in Osijek area (<10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<5), and in Dalj in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ganz is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Ganz " is used by some 7000 people in Germany , about 6000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Italy. "Gahnz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Ganz, Anica Ganz, Damir Ganz, Ljiljana Ganz, Zdenko Ganz, Domagoj Ganz, Đuro Ganz, Željka Ganz, Moreno Ganz, Marijela Ganz, Katarina Ganz, Goran Ganz, Dolores Ganz, Dorotea Ganz, Marko Ganz, Andreas Ganz, Ivan Ganz, Jelena Ganz, Rozalija Ganz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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