Surname Kar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kar live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Andrasevec (<10), Krusljevo Selo (<5), Jakusevec Zabocki (<5), Zabok (<5), and in Tisanic Jarek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kar (including: Car , Karr , Kaar , Khar , Kahr , Karrh , Kkar , Karh and Kharr ) is present in 179 countries worldwide. "Karr " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 900 in Liberia , and some 400 people in Canada. "Kaar " is used by some 5000 people in Turkey , about 400 in Austria , and about 400 in the United States. "Kahr " is used by some 1000 people in Austria , about 700 in Germany , and some 500 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Kar, Mario Kar, Branka Kar, Muhsin Kar, Juraj Kar, Ana Kar, Ivana Kar, Ivan Kar, Jelka Kar, Božidar Kar, Matija Kar, Marijan Kar, Marija Kar, Jasmina Kar, Zdravko Kar, Tamara Kar, Tina Kar, Viktoria Kar, Franjo Kar

Mentions in sources

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

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