Surname Roher in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Roher families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Czechs (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Roher live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Patkovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Roher (including: Rocher , Rother , Rothier , Rochner , Rothner , Rochier , Rochler , Rothler and Rothmer ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Roher " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 100 people in Mexico. "Rother " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 3000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Brazil. "Rochner " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Greece.

Characteristic first names

Valter Roher, Marina Roher, Ljiljana Roher, Robert Roher, Ivan Roher, Željko Roher, Josip Roher, Marija Roher, Verica Roher, Darko Roher, Sanja Roher, Katarina Roher, Regina Roher, Ruža Roher, Zdravko Roher, Ivka Roher, Monika Roher, Viktoria Roher, Karlo Roher

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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