Surname Nemec in modern Croatia

Nemec families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area , barely Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Nemec live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 91 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Koprivnica (70), Sveti Urban in Mursko Sredisce area (25), Cakovec (20), and in Kalnik in Varazdinske Toplice area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (4), Australia (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Nemec (including: Nemetz , Nemez , Nemecz , Nemmetz and Nemech ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Nemec " is used by some 8000 people in Czech Republic , about 4000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Slovakia. "Nemetz " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 800 in Germany , and some 500 people in Austria. "Nemecz " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Boris Nemec, Željko Nemec, Ana Nemec, Krešimir Nemec, Bojan Nemec, Ivica Nemec, Miroslav Nemec, Josip Nemec, Ozren Nemec, Željka Nemec, Slavko Nemec, Valentina Nemec, Darko Nemec, Dragutin Nemec, Srećko Nemec, Ivan Nemec, Danijel Nemec, Jasminka Nemec, Aleksandar Nemec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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