Surname Nemet in modern Croatia

Nemet families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 950 people with faimily name Nemet live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 59 cities and 115 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Osijek (75), Slatina (35), Virovitica (30), and in Oresac in Virovitica area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (2), Belgium (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Nemet (including: Nemeth , Német , Némethy , Nemethy , Németh , Nemett , Neméth , Nemethi and Nehmet ) is present in 79 countries worldwide. The family name "Nemet " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 50 people in Israel. "Nemeth " is used by some 70000 people in Hungary , about 20000 in the United States , and some 8000 people in Germany. "Nemett " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Nemet, Zdravko Nemet, Sven Nemet, Tatjana Nemet, Branko Nemet, Josip Nemet, Ksenija Nemet, Ina Nemet, Dražen Nemet, Ivanka Nemet, Branka Nemet, Damir Nemet, Jasna Nemet, Ivan Nemet, Natalija Nemet, Ana Nemet, Vlado Nemet, Ladislav Nemet, Tomislav Nemet

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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