Surname Šereš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šereš families are predominantly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Slovenes (from Umag ), and very rarely Hungarians (also from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šereš live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Umag (<5), Beli Manastir (<5), Davor in Nova Gradiska area (<5), and in Draz (<5) and Gajic (<5) in Beli Manastir area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Šereš (including: Seres , Serres , Sheresh , Seresht , Seress , Scheres , Sheres , Sehres , Seresse and Shmeres ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Seres " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in Romania , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Seress " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Serres " is used by some 7000 people in France , about 1000 in Spain , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Šereš, Slavica Šereš, Damir Šereš, Pavo Šereš, Dalibor Šereš, Marko Šereš, Stipa Šereš, Vesna Šereš, Suzana Šereš, Andraž Šereš, Ana Šereš, Julijana Šereš, Jela Šereš, Danica Šereš, Anica Šereš, Jožef Šereš, Jan Šereš, Karlo Šereš, Roza Šereš

Mentions in sources

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

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