Surname Štorc in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Štorc live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Osijek (<10) and Garbina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štorc (including: Storch , Storc , Storz , Stortz , Sztorc , Storcz , Shtorch and Stoerck ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Storc " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 80 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Poland. "Storcz " is used by some 100 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Storch " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 7000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Štorc, Josip Štorc, Andrej Štorc, Ignjac Štorc, Nenad Štorc, Ružica Štorc, Ivan Štorc, Valentina Štorc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories