Surname Klement in modern Croatia

Klement families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and Virovitica. In Gornji Miholjac in Slatina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Klement.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Klement live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Slatina (30), Crikvenica (15), Zagreb (10), Gornji Miholjac (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klement (including: Clement , Clément and Clemment ) is present in 144 countries worldwide. The family name "Klement " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Czech Republic. "Clement " is used by some 90000 people in France , about 70000 in the United States , and some 50000 people in Tanzania. "Clemment " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Klement, Damir Klement, Slavica Klement, Edvard Klement, Slavko Klement, Milka Klement, Eduard Klement, Bernarda Klement, Marina Klement, Dalibor Klement, Dražen Klement, Zlatka Klement, Mirela Klement, Daniela Klement, Tihomir Klement, Božica Klement, Sanjin Klement, Maša Klement, Alan Klement

Mentions in sources

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

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