Surname Kalogjera in modern Croatia

Kalogjera families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and on the Island of Korcula.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kalogjera live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Pula (15), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (10), Sibenik (<10), and in Blato on the Island of Korcula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (1), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Kalogjera is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Kalogjera " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Kalogjera, Goran Kalogjera, Livije Kalogjera, Damir Kalogjera, Dušan Kalogjera, Darko Kalogjera, Teodora Kalogjera, Ante Kalogjera, Nika Kalogjera, Vibor Kalogjera, Dino Kalogjera, Tonči Kalogjera, Jug Kalogjera, Branka Kalogjera, Gordana Kalogjera, Mario Kalogjera, Jasna Kalogjera, Maja Kalogjera, Vanja Kalogjera

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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