Surname Kerman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kerman families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), barely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kerman live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 12 other places, mostly in Sveti Urban in Mursko Sredisce area (15), Okrugli Vrh in Cakovec area (<10), in Strigova (<10) and Prekopa (<10) in Mursko Sredisce area, and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kerman (including: Cerman , Kehrmann , Kermann , Keerman , Kherman , Kehrman , Keermann , Kherrmann and Kerrmann ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Kerman " is used by some 3000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in Iran , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Kehrman " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kehrmann " is used by some 400 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Kerman, Ljiljana Kerman, Drago Kerman, Josip Kerman, Stanko Kerman, Miljenko Kerman, Sanja Kerman, Bojan Kerman, Ivica Kerman, Snježana Kerman, Stanislav Kerman, Damir Kerman, Štefanija Kerman, Zdravko Kerman, Nenad Kerman, Nino Kerman, Višnjica Kerman, Violeta Kerman, Goran Kerman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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