Surname Kern in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kern families are generally Croats (from Ludbreg ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ), and barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kern live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Ludbreg (<10), Vinogradi Ludbreski (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Garesnicki Brestovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kern (including: Cern , Chern , Kerrn , Khern , Czern , Charern , Kernn , Keern and Chevern ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. The family name "Kern " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Brazil. "Kerrn " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Chern " is used by some 3000 people in Taiwan , about 1000 in Malaysia , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Kern, Hrvoje Kern, Marko Kern, Josipa Kern, Vesna Kern, Nenad Kern, Boris Kern, Andrea Kern, Tamara Kern, Dubravko Kern, Alen Kern, Peter Kern, Miroslav Kern, Edita Kern, Antun Kern, Krunoslav Kern, Erika Kern, Hinko Kern, Gerald Kern

Mentions in sources

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

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