Surname Dolenc in modern Croatia

Dolenc families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Dolenc live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Varazdin (30), Osijek (15), Koska in Nasice area (<10), and in Zapresic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dolenc (including: Dolenz , Dollenz and Dolentz ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Dolenc " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Dolenz " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 80 in Italy , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Dolentz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Dolenc, Nika Dolenc, Branko Dolenc, Aleksandar Dolenc, Vladimir Dolenc, Saša Dolenc, Goran Dolenc, Nada Dolenc, Miro Dolenc, Natalija Dolenc, Danijela Dolenc, Dragica Dolenc, Ana Dolenc, Aleš Dolenc, Ivan Dolenc, Zdravko Dolenc, Ljiljana Dolenc, Verica Dolenc, Alan Dolenc

Mentions in sources

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

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