Surname Gereš in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gereš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Velika Gorica (<10), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Strmec in Samobor area (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gereš (including: Geres , Geresh , Geresz , Gerres , Gereschi , Geressy , Geressu , Gereshi , Gerees and Geress ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Gerres " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Belgium. "Geressy " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gehres " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 400 in Brazil , and some 300 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Gereš, Darko Gereš, Aleksandra Gereš, Linda Gereš, Davor Gereš, Elza Gereš, Helen Gereš, Miljenko Gereš, Dubravka Gereš, Nenad Gereš, Nives Gereš, Kamilo Gereš, Marko Gereš, Tomislav Gereš, Kata Gereš, Maja Gereš, Marin Gereš, Kristina Gereš, Marijan Gereš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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