Surname Kelher in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kelher families are generally Croats (from Klanjec area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kelher live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Hrastelnica (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), Palanjek (<5), and in Dubravica in Klanjec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelher (including: Kelliher , Kelchner , Kelcher , Kellher , Kellcher and Kelther ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Kelher " is used by some 60 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Kelcher " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Kelther " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Kelher, Josip Kelher, Jasmina Kelher, Lijana Kelher, Adriana Kelher, Đurđica Kelher, Jasminka Kelher, Marlena Kelher, Ana Kelher, Matija Kelher, Marijan Kelher, Siniša Kelher, Denis Kelher, Ljuba Kelher, Slavko Kelher, Ivan Kelher, Anica Kelher, Darinka Kelher, Janez Kelher

Mentions in sources

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

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