Surname Klobasa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Klobasa families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Mljet ), very rarely Slovenes (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Klobasa live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Sobra on the Island of Mljet (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Zagreb (<5), Babino Polje on the Island of Mljet (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klobasa (including: Klobassa , Klobása ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Klobasa " is used by some 200 people in Czech Republic , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Klobassa " is used by some 100 people in Austria and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Laura Klobasa, Nenad Klobasa, Zorica Klobasa, Damir Klobasa, Miljenko Klobasa, Franjo Klobasa, Frano Klobasa, Radojka Klobasa, Josip Klobasa, Anđelka Klobasa, Nike Klobasa, Antonela Klobasa, Dragana Klobasa, Ivan Klobasa, Jelena Klobasa, Maroje Klobasa, Bosiljka Klobasa, Joze Klobasa, Terezija Klobasa

Mentions in sources

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

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