Surname Gorenc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gorenc families are Croats (from Petrinja area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Petrinja area. In Cernik in Ozalj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gorenc.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Gorenc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Lekenik in Petrinja area (20), Zagreb (<10), Donji Hrusevec in Velika Gorica area (<10), Cernik in Ozalj area (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gorenc (including: Gorentz , Gorenz ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Gorenc " is used by some 400 people in Turkmenistan , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Gorenz " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Gorentz " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vilim Gorenc, Dalibor Gorenc, Danijel Gorenc, Marcel Gorenc, Josip Gorenc, Milja Gorenc, Snježana Gorenc, Branko Gorenc, Milan Gorenc, Ivan Gorenc, Maja Gorenc, Ivana Gorenc, Mario Gorenc, Valter Gorenc, Daniel Gorenc, Bara Gorenc, Marina Gorenc, Marko Gorenc, Nikolina Gorenc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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