Surname Sršen in modern Croatia

Sršen families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area. In places Trn and Blace in Opuzen area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Sršen.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Sršen live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Trn (185) and Blace (110) in Opuzen area, Zagreb (60), Metkovic (50), and in Opuzen (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sršen (including: Srsen , Sersen , Sershen and Serschen ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Srsen " is used by some 700 people in Czech Republic , about 400 in the United States , and some 50 people in Australia. "Sersen " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Peru. "Sershen " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Mate Sršen, Ivan Sršen, Darko Sršen, Ivica Sršen, Drago Sršen, Marina Sršen, Miron Sršen, Tatjana Sršen, Stipe Sršen, Nikša Sršen, Anamaria Sršen, Andreja Sršen, Milo Sršen, Ante Sršen, Matija Sršen, Jerko Sršen, Davor Sršen, Vedran Sršen, Željka Sršen

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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