Surname Nemeth in modern Croatia

Nemeth families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Osijek , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Nemeth live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Antunovac in Osijek area (15), Lipik (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Zupanja (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nemeth (including: Németh , Nemetchek , Nemetch and Neméth ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. The family name "Nemeth " is used by some 70000 people in Hungary , about 20000 in the United States , and some 8000 people in Germany. "Nemetch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alojzije Nemeth, Miroslav Nemeth, Zvonimir Nemeth, Boris Nemeth, Zvonko Nemeth, Janos Nemeth, Denis Nemeth, Saša Nemeth, Mišel Nemeth, Franjo Nemeth, Vikica Nemeth, Tomislav Nemeth, Laszlo Nemeth, Ivica Nemeth, Dražen Nemeth, Tamara Nemeth, Gordana Nemeth, Igor Nemeth, Edita Nemeth

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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