Surname Kalaš in modern Croatia

Kalaš families are Croats and they are mostly from Kastela area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Kastela area. In Grgići in Middle Bosnia every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kalaš.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kalaš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Split (35), Karlovac (20), Kastel Sucurac (15), Zagreb (10), and in Zrnovnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalaš (including: Kalas , Kallas , Kalash , Kalashi , Kalashe , Kalasz , Kalasho , Kalass , Kalaas and Kalasch ) is present in 109 countries worldwide. The family name "Kalas " is used by some 3000 people in Pakistan , about 3000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Czech Republic. "Kalasz " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 70 in Poland. "Kallas " is used by some 20000 people in Syria , about 8000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Ante Kalaš, Lidija Kalaš, Davor Kalaš, Ivan Kalaš, Pero Kalaš, Anto Kalaš, Željko Kalaš, Zoran Kalaš, Zdravko Kalaš, Anita Kalaš, Nela Kalaš, Igor Kalaš, Ivo Kalaš, Ana Kalaš, Ivana Kalaš, Danica Kalaš, Tanja Kalaš, Mate Kalaš, Iva Kalaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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