Surname Gere in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gere families are predominantly Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Gere live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (15), Vukovar (10), Zagreb (<10), Oprisavci in Slavonski Brod area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gere (including: Gehre , Geere , Ghere , Gerre , Gereh , Gerö , Gerhe , Geree and Gherre ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. The family name "Gere " is used by some 20000 people in Ethiopia , about 3000 in Hungary , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Gerre " is used by small number of people in Sweden , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Geree " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Gere, Adam Gere, Orlando Gere, Andreas Gere, Goran Gere, Igor Gere, Kristijan Gere, Alen Gere, Antonia Gere, Nevenka Gere, Tatjana Gere, Edita Gere, Dario Gere, Franjo Gere, Zlata Gere, Sonja Gere, Dino Gere, Ferenc Gere, Božana Gere

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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