Surname Jung in modern Croatia

Jung families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , rarely Germans. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Belisce.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Jung live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<10), Zmajevac in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Aljmas in Vinkovci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (17) and the United States (2).
Family name Jung (including: Yung , Iung , Yueng , Jueng , Jhung , Juhng , Junghee , Junggi and Jungho ) is present in 147 countries worldwide. "Yung " is used by some 20000 people in Hong Kong , about 6000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Taiwan. "Yueng " is used by some 100 people in Malaysia , about 100 in Hong Kong , and some 60 people in the United States. "Jhung " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Darko Jung, Andrija Jung, Gordana Jung, Kita Jung, Danijela Jung, Dominik Jung, Krešimir Jung, Željko Jung, Vesna Jung, Stela Jung, Ivan Jung, Ivica Jung, Branka Jung, Mirko Jung, Miroslav Jung, Fabrizio Jung, Zoran Jung, Vanja Jung, Zdenka Jung

Mentions in sources

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

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