Surname Jereb in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jereb families are almost entirely Croats (from Rijeka area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Serbia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Jereb live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Pula (10), Rijeka (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Krk on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jereb is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Jereb " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Ukraine , and some 90 people in Argentina , some 90 people in Hungary. "Yereb " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Jereb, Slavko Jereb, Jagoda Jereb, Raul Jereb, David Jereb, Neven Jereb, Mario Jereb, Kristijan Jereb, Vojislav Jereb, Vladimir Jereb, Andrej Jereb, Siniša Jereb, Srđan Jereb, Nenad Jereb, Zdenko Jereb, Daniela Jereb, Snježana Jereb, Eva Jereb, Janez Jereb

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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