Surname Stern in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Stern families are predominantly Croats (from the Island of Losinj ), rarely Jews (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Stern live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stern (including: Shtern , Sztern and Sterrn ) is present in 106 countries worldwide. The family name "Stern " is used by some 70000 people in the United States , about 30000 in Germany , and some 10000 people in Israel. "Sterrn " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Emil Stern, Vedran Stern, Meir Stern, Mladen Stern, Damir Stern, Melita Stern, Josef Stern, Sigmund Stern, Oto Stern, Ivo Stern, Stela Stern, Cvijeta Stern, Lav Stern, Daniel Stern, Dragan Stern, Agneza Stern, Adin Stern, Oskar Stern, Pavao Stern

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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