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Surname Kelemen in modern Croatia
Kelemen families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. According to some sources they are from Ugarske, rarely Hungarians from Osijek area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Kamenica in Lepoglava every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kelemen.
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Prevalence
About 700 people with faimily name Kelemen live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 730 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Varazdin (60), Gacice (40), Vinica in Ivanec area (35), and in Laslovo in Osijek area (25).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kelemen (including: Kölemen , Chelemen , Kellemen and Celemen ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Kelemen " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 4000 in Romania , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Kellemen " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Venezuela. "Celemen " is used by some 70 people in the Philippines and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Alen Kelemen,
Sandra Kelemen,
Tomislav Kelemen,
Iva Kelemen,
Robert Kelemen,
Mirko Kelemen,
Gordana Kelemen,
David Kelemen,
Željko Kelemen,
Marijan Kelemen,
Mladen Kelemen,
Bernard Kelemen,
Josip Kelemen,
Miroslav Kelemen,
Darko Kelemen,
Petra Kelemen,
Zlatko Kelemen,
Nenad Kelemen,
Željka Kelemen
