Surname Gerenčer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gerenčer families are generally Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Gerenčer live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Cakovec (<10), Varazdin (<5), Koprivnica (<5), and in Visnjevac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gerenčer (including: Gerencer , Gerencsér , Gerencser and Gerencher ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Gerencer " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in Canada. "Gerencher " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Gerencser " is used by some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Gerenčer, Andrea Gerenčer, Igor Gerenčer, Marijan Gerenčer, Marjana Gerenčer, Dragica Gerenčer, Ladislav Gerenčer, Dajana Gerenčer, Stevo Gerenčer, Sanja Gerenčer, Željko Gerenčer, Jurica Gerenčer, Tihana Gerenčer, Robert Gerenčer, Nino Gerenčer, Gordan Gerenčer, Ivan Gerenčer, Marija Gerenčer, Đurđa Gerenčer

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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