Surname Arlov in modern Croatia

Arlov families are Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Zagreb. In Gornja Trstenica in Glina area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Arlov.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Arlov live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Gvozd in Glina area (20), Zagreb (15), Glina (10), Gornja Trstenica in Glina area (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arlov (including: Harlow , Arlow , Harlov , Haarlow and Haarlov ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Arlow " is used by some 1000 people in South Africa , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Haarlov " is used by few people in the United States. "Harlow " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Great Britain , and some 700 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Slađana Arlov, Tomislav Arlov, Boja Arlov, Božica Arlov, Rada Arlov, Duško Arlov, Zoran Arlov, Snježana Arlov, Damir Arlov, Dušan Arlov, Đuro Arlov, Maca Arlov, Simo Arlov, Aleksandra Arlov, Milan Arlov, Branka Arlov, Dana Arlov, Tihomir Arlov, Nikola Arlov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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