In Croatia, Jendriš families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina area and in Zagreb. In Brezani in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every third inhabitant had the family name Jendriš.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Jendriš live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Vrbovec (20), Brezani in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (20), Zagreb (<10), Poljana Cicka (<5), and in Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jendriš (including: Jendris , Jendrys and Yendrys ) is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.