Surname Virt in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Virt families are generally Croats (from Virovitica ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Beli Manastir.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Virt live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Virovitica (10), Korija (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Virt (including: Wirth , Wirt , Virth , Viert , Vierth , Wirht , Whirt , Virthe and Virdt ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. "Viert " is used by some 60 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Vierth " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Germany. "Wirt " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 100 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Stevo Virt, Suzana Virt, Siniša Virt, Ida Virt, Josip Virt, Slavko Virt, Igor Virt, Tomislav Virt, Martina Virt, Marko Virt, Andreja Virt, Velimir Virt, Valter Virt, Ankica Virt, Ljubica Virt, Marija Virt, Robert Virt, Ivana Virt, Antonio Virt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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