Surname Jerman in modern Croatia

Jerman families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Buzet , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ) and Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buzet.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Jerman live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Rijeka (25), Buzet (20), Pula (15), and in Umag (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (3), Argentina (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), France (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Jerman (including: Jermann , Yerman , Hjermann and Ierman ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Jerman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 500 in Indonesia , and some 300 people in Germany. "Yerman " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Turkey , and some 50 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Jerman, Dubravka Jerman, Branko Jerman, Ecio Jerman, Rozana Jerman, Tomislav Jerman, Dragica Jerman, Ales Jerman, Vesna Jerman, Tanja Jerman, Saša Jerman, Sanjin Jerman, Andrijana Jerman, Elvis Jerman, Višnja Jerman, Jasna Jerman, Biserka Jerman, Bakir Jerman, David Jerman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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