Surname Gera in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gera live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Gromaca (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gera (including: Gerra , Ghera , Gehra , Geera , Gerah , Gerha , Geerah , Geraa and Gerrah ) is present in 94 countries worldwide. "Gerah " is used by some 200 people in Syria , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in the United States. "Ghera " is used by some 400 people in Romania , about 400 in Italy , and some 100 people in the United States. "Gerrah " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Gera, Sanja Gera, Božo Gera, Ana Gera, Klare Gera, Mato Gera, Peter Gera, Kate Gera, Mateo Gera, Andrej Gera, Marko Gera, Ane Gera, Klara Gera, Mare Gera, Maria Gera

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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