Surname Virth in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Virth live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Zagreb (<5), Donje Ladanje in Ivanec area (<5), Bakovcica (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Virth (including: Wirth , Würth , Wierth , Vierth , Wyrtch and Vierrath ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Vierth " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Germany. "Wirth " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Switzerland. "Wierth " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number in Sweden.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Virth, Juraj Virth, Davor Virth, Martin Virth, Božica Virth, Božena Virth, Mario Virth, Josip Virth, Ljudmila Virth, Vinko Virth, Slava Virth, Zdenka Virth, Jasminka Virth, Hari Virth, Antun Virth, Ivan Virth, Jelena Virth, Ljubica Virth, Marija Virth

Mentions in sources

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

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