Surname Kerep in modern Croatia

Kerep families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Kerep live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 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 17 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Klokovec in Krapina area (35), Kamena Gorica (20), Selno in Krapina area (15), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kerep (including: Cherep , Cserép , Czerep , Cerep , Kereph and Cserep ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Cerep " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Cherep " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 800 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Cserep " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Kerep, Romana Kerep, Franjo Kerep, Vladimir Kerep, Jasmina Kerep, Vilijem Kerep, Dijana Kerep, Siniša Kerep, Dragica Kerep, Stjepan Kerep, Dean Kerep, Vjekoslav Kerep, Antonija Kerep, Mirjana Kerep, Denis Kerep, Igor Kerep, Ivana Kerep, Ivica Kerep, Saša Kerep

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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