Surname Gottfried in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gottfried live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Vukovar (<10) and Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gottfried is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Gottfried " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 5000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Katica Gottfried, Ljerka Gottfried, Friderika Gottfried, Rainer Gottfried, Lidija Gottfried, Zdenko Gottfried, Tomislav Gottfried, Mira Gottfried

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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