Surname Wirth in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Wirth families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Wirth live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Nova Gradiska (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Wirth (including: Würth , Wierth and Wyrtch ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "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. "Wyrtch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Wirth, Miroslav Wirth, Josip Wirth, Tomislav Wirth, Max Wirth, Ana Wirth, Kristina Wirth, Bara Wirth, Vera Wirth, Barica Wirth, Ljeposava Wirth, Marija Wirth, Herman Wirth, Biserka Wirth, Marica Wirth, Boris Wirth, Jelena Wirth, Ljubica Wirth, Susann Wirth

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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