Surname Gerstman in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gerstman live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Rajsavac in Pozega area (<10), Pozega (<10), and in Radnovac in Pozega area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gerstman is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Gerstman " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 70 in Japan , and some 60 people in Israel. "Gerstmann " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Viet Nam.

Characteristic first names

Petar Gerstman, Jožefa Gerstman, Krešo Gerstman, Franjo Gerstman, Josip Gerstman, Ana Gerstman, Rina Gerstman, Vladimir Gerstman, Lidia Gerstman, Slavica Gerstman, Agneza Gerstman, Mijo Gerstman, Ivanka Gerstman, Ivano Gerstman, Uršula Gerstman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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