Surname Kero in modern Croatia

Kero families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Gornje Planjane in Drnis area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kero.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Kero live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Bibinje in Zadar area (140), Split (80), Zagreb (15), Knin (15), and in Sibenik (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kero (including: Chero , Cerro , Cero , Ciero , Kerro , Khero , Kerho , Keero and Kheeroo ) is present in 101 countries worldwide. The family name "Kero " is used by some 8000 people in Egypt , about 900 in Ethiopia , and some 700 people in the United States. "Kerro " is used by some 300 people in Russian Federation , small number in Egypt , and small number of people in the United States. "Kerho " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Križan Kero, Ivica Kero, Krsto Kero, Ante Kero, Tonći Kero, Iva Kero, Gorana Kero, Vera Kero, Hrvoje Kero, Goran Kero, Ivan Kero, Snježana Kero, Damir Kero, Neda Kero, Sandra Kero, Dominko Kero, Andrija Kero, Zrinka Kero, Krešimir Kero

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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