Surname Ross in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ross live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Petrinja (15), Donji Vukojevac in Petrinja area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ross (including: Eross , Roß , Hross , Rooss and Rhoss ) is present in 173 countries worldwide. The family name "Ross " is used by some 500000 people in the United States , about 70000 in Canada , and some 40000 people in Australia. "Rooss " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Rhoss " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Ross, Tomislav Ross, Snježana Ross, Žarko Ross, Vedran Ross, Jan Ross, Bernard Ross, Željko Ross, Marijana Ross, Andreas Ross, Laura Ross, David Ross, Štefica Ross, Dragiša Ross, Kristina Ross, Alexander Ross, Rudolf Ross, Tanya Ross, Thomas Ross

Mentions in sources

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

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