Surname Kunst in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kunst families are Croats (from Novska area ), barely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kunst live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Rijeka (<10), Zapresic (<10), Puska in Novska area (<5), and in Opatija (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kunst (including: Kunszt , Kunstt , Kunczt and Kunsht ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Kunst " is used by some 8000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the Netherlands , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Kunszt " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Kunstt " is used by small number of people in the Netherlands and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Kunst, Branko Kunst, Boris Kunst, Ana Kunst, Petra Kunst, Mirjana Kunst, Marijan Kunst, Miran Kunst, Tihomir Kunst, Zoran Kunst, Tomislav Kunst, Mladen Kunst, Dorotea Kunst, Ljerka Kunst, Igor Kunst, Josip Kunst, Mirko Kunst, Viljem Kunst, Zlata Kunst

Mentions in sources

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

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