Surname Šlosar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šlosar families are predominantly Croats (from Opatija area ), rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ), and very rarely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šlosar live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Sapjane in Opatija area (<10), Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<5), Mucici in Opatija area (<5), and in Opatija (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šlosar (including: Slosar , Shlosar , Slossar , Schlosar and Schlossar ) is present in 11 countries on two continents. The family name "Slosar " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Slossar " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Irena Šlosar, Zoran Šlosar, Zlatko Šlosar, Aleksandar Šlosar, Igor Šlosar, Irina Šlosar, Dijana Šlosar, Ana Šlosar, Ingrid Šlosar, Velimir Šlosar, Davorka Šlosar, Stanislav Šlosar, Mirjana Šlosar, Alen Šlosar, Josef Šlosar, Marjan Šlosar, Karmen Šlosar, Valter Šlosar, Saša Šlosar

Mentions in sources

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

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