Surname Ress in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ress families are Croats (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ress live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Ljudevit Selo (<5) and Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ress (including: Röss , Reess and Hress ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Ress " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 400 people in Madagascar. "Reess " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Hress " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Imre Ress, Pavle Ress, Drahuška Ress, Zdenka Ress, Anka Ress, Anica Ress, Filip Ress, Josef Ress, Olga Ress

Mentions in sources

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

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