Surname Klemar in modern Croatia

Klemar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Klemar live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Tugonica in Zlatar area (20), Zlatar (<10), Drnek in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klemar is present in 7 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Klemar, Krešimir Klemar, Želimir Klemar, Krunoslav Klemar, Jelka Klemar, Blaženka Klemar, Josip Klemar, Dario Klemar, Darijo Klemar, Kruno Klemar, Marija Klemar, Zvijezdana Klemar, Alen Klemar, Mirjana Klemar, Anita Klemar, Ivan Klemar, Krešo Klemar, Barbara Klemar, Stjepan Klemar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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