Surname Halas in modern Croatia

Halas families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Iloka , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Backa, Vojvodina. In Krivaj in Pozega every ninth inhabitant had the family name Halas.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Halas live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Ilok (<10), Kutina (<10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Halas (including: Halasz , Hallas , Halaas , Halash , Halás , Thalas , Halacz , Halhas and Thalass ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Halas " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 3000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Slovakia. "Thalass " is used by few people in the United States. "Halasz " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in Romania , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Halas, Saša Halas, Ivan Halas, Željko Halas, Kristina Halas, Ljiljana Halas, Irena Halas, Margit Halas, Željka Halas, Predrag Halas, Tomislav Halas, Dubravka Halas, Mario Halas, Vanessa Halas, Nina Halas, Dalibor Halas, Zdravko Halas, Slavica Halas, Denis Halas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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