Surname Venus in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Venus families are Croats (from Slatina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and in Nasice area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Venus live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Slatina (25), Osijek (<5), Sesvete (<5), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Venus (including: Venuss , Wenus , Veenus and Vennus ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. The family name "Venus " is used by some 20000 people in the Philippines , about 2000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Venus, Mario Venus, Zlatko Venus, Stjepan Venus, Eva Venus, Renata Venus, Sandra Venus, Damir Venus, Ana Venus, Kristina Venus, Tihomir Venus, Mira Venus, Željka Venus, Antun Venus, Melita Venus, Vladimir Venus, Ljiljana Venus, Dražen Venus, Ivana Venus

Mentions in sources

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

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