Surname Gorše in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gorše families are generally Croats (from Ozalj area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In Bubnjarci in Ozalj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Gorše.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gorše live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Bubnjarci in Ozalj area (15), Rijeka (<10), Samobor (<5), and in Pustodol (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gorše (including: Gorse , Gorshe , Gorsse , Gorsche , Gorsee , Ghorse , Ghiorse and Gorschek ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Gorse " is used by some 2000 people in France , about 800 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Gorshe " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Gorsche " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Igor Gorše, Branko Gorše, Vesna Gorše, Zdravko Gorše, Vlasta Gorše, Vojko Gorše, Ana Gorše, Gordana Gorše, Irena Gorše, Višnja Gorše, Tomislav Gorše, Biljana Gorše, Mario Gorše, Jandra Gorše, Berislav Gorše, Goran Gorše, Tihomir Gorše, Gabrijela Gorše, Renata Gorše

Mentions in sources

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

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