Surname Colar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Colar families are generally Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), very rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Colar live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 5 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), Cakovec (<5), in Vrhovljan (<5) and Marof (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area, and in Senkovec in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Colar (including: Collar , Zolar , Collyar , Chollar , Colliar and Cholar ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Colar " is used by some 800 people in the Philippines , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Brazil. "Zolar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Collar " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Spain , and some 800 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Colar, Goran Colar, Martin Colar, Smiljana Colar, Krunoslav Colar, Blanka Colar, Iris Colar, Marija Colar, Agata Colar, Viktorija Colar, Rajko Colar, Tijana Colar, Elina Colar, Stjepan Colar, Matija Colar, Ignacije Colar, Borna Colar, Ignac Colar, Ivan Colar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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