Surname Klobučar in modern Croatia

Klobučar families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. According to some sources they are from Brod na Kupi. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Zagreb. In places Donji Kosinj and Gornji Kosinj in Gospic area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Klobučar.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Klobučar live in Croatia today, in 590 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 161 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Rijeka (75), Osijek (60), Donji Kosinj in Gospic area (50), and in Sisak (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klobučar (including: Klobucar , Klobuchar ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Klobucar " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 200 people in Canada. "Klobuchar " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Igor Klobučar, Jelka Klobučar, Veljko Klobučar, Hrvoje Klobučar, Davor Klobučar, Anton Klobučar, Ana Klobučar, Antoaneta Klobučar, Tomislav Klobučar, Zlatko Klobučar, Nada Klobučar, Nives Klobučar, Vladimir Klobučar, Anđelko Klobučar, Damir Klobučar, Branimir Klobučar, Marija Klobučar, Robert Klobučar, Nataša Klobučar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1736 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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