Surname Verteš in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Verteš live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Varazdin (<10), Zagreb (<5), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Verteš (including: Vertes , Vértes , Vértessy , Vertesh and Vertesch ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Vertes " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Vertesch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vértes " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Verteš, Sanja Verteš, Dunja Verteš, Marija Verteš, Mladen Verteš, Zdravko Verteš, Bruno Verteš, Biljana Verteš, Samir Verteš, Karmen Verteš, Dragica Verteš, Vera Verteš, Draga Verteš, Željko Verteš, Marinko Verteš, Kristijan Verteš, Klaudija Verteš, Genoveva Verteš, Stjepan Verteš

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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