Surname Zore in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zore families are Croats (from Knin area ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Zore live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (10), Knin (<10), Vinkovci (<10), and in Novalja on the Island of Pag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zore (including: Zohre , Zohreh , Zhore , Zoore and Zoree ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Zore " is used by some 40000 people in Burkina Faso , about 400 in Ivory Coast , and some 300 people in the United States. "Zoree " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zhore " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Zore, Paula Zore, Lucija Zore, Željko Zore, Fjodor Zore, Ana Zore, Ingrid Zore, Mirela Zore, Jelena Zore, Matija Zore, Luko Zore, Pero Zore, Davor Zore, Marija Zore, Zvonko Zore, Nadia Zore, Marijana Zore, Josip Zore, Nenad Zore

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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