Surname Kalac in modern Croatia

Kalac families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar area and in Zadar. In Slivnica in Zadar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kalac.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Kalac live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Slivnica (75) and Vinjerac (60) in Zadar area, Rijeka (55), Pula (35), and in Zadar (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalac (including: Kalach , Calac , Callac , Khalach , Kalác , Kallach , Kalaz , Kalazs and Khallach ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Kalac " is used by some 4000 people in Turkey , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Czech Republic. "Kalaz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kallach " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Kalac, Diego Kalac, Ivan Kalac, Zoran Kalac, Neven Kalac, Klaudijo Kalac, Nedjeljko Kalac, Kristian Kalac, Gordana Kalac, Nevenka Kalac, Matko Kalac, Snježana Kalac, Ivica Kalac, Mario Kalac, Veljko Kalac, Dijana Kalac, Ana Kalac, Marko Kalac, Vanja Kalac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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