Nemeš families are often Croats and they are mostly from Srijem , Vojvodina, rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Srijem, Vojvodina.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Nemeš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Gaciste in Virovitica area (<10), Orahovica (<10), Vinkovci (<10), and in Djurdjevac (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.