Surname Vereš in modern Croatia

Vereš families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje area , rarely Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Vereš live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Osijek (10), Grubisno Polje (10), Mala Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area (10), and in Beli Manastir (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vereš (including: Veres , Veress , Vereschak , Veresh , Verhees , Vereschuk , Verres , Verrees , Veresha and Vereshi ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. "Veresh " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Russian Federation. "Veeresh " is used by some 90 people in Libya , small number in South Africa , and small number of people in the United States. "Weres " is used by some 900 people in Ethiopia , about 200 in Poland , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Vereš, Toma Vereš, Damir Vereš, Beata Vereš, Geza Vereš, Ivan Vereš, Dubravko Vereš, Biserka Vereš, Dragica Vereš, Marija Vereš, Imre Vereš, Kalman Vereš, Boris Vereš, Zdravko Vereš, Velimir Vereš, Denis Vereš, Saša Vereš, Siniša Vereš, Anica Vereš

Mentions in sources

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

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