Surname Kalamari in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kalamari families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kalamari live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Darda in Osijek area (10), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (<10), Ivanovec (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalamari (including: Calamari , Callamari , Kalamary and Chimalamari ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Calamari " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 700 in Italy , and some 400 people in Argentina. "Callamari " is used by some 100 people in Brazil and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ranko Kalamari, Željko Kalamari, Vesna Kalamari, Ivanka Kalamari, Martin Kalamari, Mirjana Kalamari, Josip Kalamari, Suzana Kalamari, Zoran Kalamari, Domagoj Kalamari, Ivan Kalamari, Dragica Kalamari, Slavko Kalamari, Danijel Kalamari, Zvonimir Kalamari, Stjepan Kalamari, Jasna Kalamari, Martina Kalamari, Petar Kalamari

Mentions in sources

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

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