Surname Karlović in modern Croatia

Karlović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from Begova razdolja (Gorski kotar) or otoka Ugljana, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area).

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Karlović live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 132 other places, mostly in Zagreb (295), Slavonski Brod (120), Rijeka (60), Zadar (35), and in Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (5), Austria (3), the United States (2), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Karlović (including: Karlovic , Karlovich , Karlowicz , Carlovich , Kharlovich , Karlowitsch , Karlowich and Karlovics ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Karlovic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Karlovich " is used by some 500 people in Russian Federation , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Ukraine. "Karlowicz " is used by some 600 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Damir Karlović, Ana Karlović, Zoran Karlović, Dalibor Karlović, Ivana Karlović, Ruža Karlović, Roman Karlović, Darko Karlović, Jure Karlović, Denis Karlović, Franjo Karlović, Klaudio Karlović, Zlatko Karlović, Antonio Karlović, Ksenija Karlović, Aleksandra Karlović, Mirna Karlović, Ivica Karlović, Đulijano Karlović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1571 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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