Surname Glas in modern Croatia

Glas families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Glas live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Benkovo (20), Bobovec Tomasevecki (15), Slavonski Brod (10), and in Rakovec Tomasevecki (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Glas (including: Glass , Ghilas , Glaas , Glasz , Glasscho , Ghelas , Glash , Glahs and Gholas ) is present in 127 countries worldwide. The family name "Glas " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 5000 in the Netherlands , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Glass " is used by some 70000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 4000 people in South Africa. "Glasz " is used by some 100 people in Hungary , about 80 in the United States , and some 70 people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Glas, Vesna Glas, Branko Glas, Damir Glas, Darko Glas, Gordan Glas, Ivančica Glas, Dario Glas, Vladimir Glas, Ivana Glas, Zlatan Glas, Mirko Glas, Siniša Glas, Željko Glas, Ksenija Glas, Stjepan Glas, Božena Glas, Saša Glas, Dominik Glas

Mentions in sources

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

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