Surname Oroši in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Oroši families are Albanians by relative majority (from Crikvenica ), equally Croats (from Karlovac ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Oroši live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Crikvenica (<10), Karlovac (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Oroši (including: Orosi , Oroszi , Oroshi , Horosih , Oroszy , Horosii , Oroschin , Orosy , Oroshiy and Orossi ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Oroszi " is used by some 800 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in South Africa. "Orosy " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Oroszy " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Oroši, Nik Oroši, Marcel Oroši, Ljena Oroši, Denis Oroši, Vera Oroši, Ticijan Oroši, Željka Oroši, Marija Oroši, Dorotea Oroši, Gabriela Oroši, Rajmond Oroši, Antoneta Oroši, Ambroz Oroši, Patricija Oroši, Kristina Oroši, Gordana Oroši, Ljubica Oroši, Lidija Oroši

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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