Surname Hlap in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hlap families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Hlap live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Velesevec in Ivanic-Grad area (15) and Novo Cice (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Hlap (including: Chilap , Charlap , Chalap , Chelap , Chlap and Chholap ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Chelap " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Charlap " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Sri Lanka.

Characteristic first names

Mario Hlap, Stjepan Hlap, Marina Hlap, Milka Hlap, Goran Hlap, Zrinka Hlap, Sanja Hlap, Ana Hlap, Josip Hlap, Barica Hlap, Dragica Hlap, Marica Hlap, Nada Hlap, Lea Hlap, Luka Hlap, Lovro Hlap, Gabriel Hlap, Emanuel Hlap, Bara Hlap

Mentions in sources

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

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