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Surname Iskra in modern Croatia
Iskra families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Delnice area. In Lisac in Opatija area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Iskra.
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Prevalence
About 360 people with faimily name Iskra live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Rijeka (65), Zagreb (40), in Lisac (25) and Klana (20) in Opatija area, and in Rovinj (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Australia (4), Canada (3), Germany (3), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Iskra is present in 43 countries worldwide. "Iscra " is used by some 70 people in Moldova , about 60 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Berislav Iskra,
Anton Iskra,
Bosiljka Iskra,
Goran Iskra,
Miljenko Iskra,
Luciano Iskra,
Marin Iskra,
Dražen Iskra,
Andrej Iskra,
Anđelo Iskra,
Gorana Iskra,
Valentina Iskra,
Marina Iskra,
Marinko Iskra,
Antonija Iskra,
Dejan Iskra,
Renato Iskra,
Lidija Iskra,
Bojan Iskra
