Surname Hirsch in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hirsch families are Croats (from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Hirsch live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hirsch (including: Thiersch , Hiersch ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. The family name "Hirsch " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 20000 in Germany , and some 3000 people in France. "Hiersch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Thiersch " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in Brazil , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Hirsch, Slavko Hirsch, Bertold Hirsch, Walter Hirsch, August Hirsch, Helena Hirsch, Henry Hirsch, Ken Hirsch, Marko Hirsch, Otto Hirsch, Vladimir Hirsch, Maria Hirsch, Vera Hirsch, Ankica Hirsch, Barica Hirsch, Paola Hirsch, Flavio Hirsch, Robert Hirsch, Magdalena Hirsch

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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