Surname Inhof in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Inhof families are almost entirely Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Germans (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Beli Manastir. In Brestovačka Brda in Daruvar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Inhof.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Inhof live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Bankovci in Orahovica area (<10), Visnjevac (<10), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Inhof (including: Inhoff , Inthof and Inhoof ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Inhof " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Inhoff " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in Hungary , and some 80 people in the United States. "Inhoof " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Inhof, Ivica Inhof, Kristina Inhof, Darko Inhof, Ljiljana Inhof, Bartol Inhof, Mladen Inhof, Krunoslav Inhof, Zvonimir Inhof, Marija Inhof, Josip Inhof, Vlatka Inhof, Laszlo Inhof, Antun Inhof, Nevenka Inhof, Smiljanka Inhof, Katica Inhof, Terezija Inhof, Katarina Inhof

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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