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Surname Kalaba in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Kalaba families are Croats by relative majority (from Bjelovar area ), equally Serbs, and barely Montenegrins (from Ploce ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prnjavor area) and in Osijek. In Vražić in Bosnian Krajina every third inhabitant had the family name Kalaba.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Kalaba live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), Pula (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Kobasicari in Bjelovar area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kalaba (including: Callaba , Qalaba , Calaba , Khalaba , Kallaba and Chalaba ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Calaba " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic.
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Characteristic first names
Petar Kalaba,
Miodrag Kalaba,
Ružica Kalaba,
Mladen Kalaba,
Nikola Kalaba,
Nebojša Kalaba,
Snježana Kalaba,
Milorad Kalaba,
Branko Kalaba,
Radmila Kalaba,
Tatjana Kalaba,
Ivana Kalaba,
Svjetlana Kalaba,
Severin Kalaba,
Rade Kalaba,
Nada Kalaba,
Momir Kalaba,
Sonja Kalaba,
Anđelka Kalaba