Surname Vrh in modern Croatia

Vrh families are often Croats and they are mostly from Pula , less frequently Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Vrh live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (15), Pula (<10), Cere in Pazin area (<10), Opatija (<10), and in Peroj in Pula area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vrh (including: Verch , Verhee , Verho , Verhé , Verth , Verh , Vrcha , Vrch and Verhe ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrh " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Verch " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Canada. "Verh " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Renato Vrh, Biljana Vrh, Vladimir Vrh, Lučano Vrh, Milena Vrh, Kristina Vrh, Vida Vrh, Nives Vrh, Katerina Vrh, Helga Vrh, Matej Vrh, Maja Vrh, Lucija Vrh, Snježana Vrh, Nataša Vrh, Siniša Vrh, Goran Vrh, Anika Vrh, Davor Vrh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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