Surname Košara in modern Croatia

Košara families are Croats and they are mostly from Rovinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Rovinj area. In Putini in Rovinj area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Košara.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Košara live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rovinj (40), Putini in Rovinj area (30), Pula (20), Balici I in Pazin area (15), and in Labin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košara (including: Kosara , Koshara , Koschara , Kosarah , Kossara , Cossara , Koshihara , Koszara and Cosara ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosara " is used by small number of people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Hungary. "Koschara " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Cosara " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Košara, Željko Košara, Sonja Košara, Tatjana Košara, Branka Košara, Roberto Košara, Miljenko Košara, Amra Košara, Dunja Košara, Marko Košara, Danica Košara, Valter Košara, Alberto Košara, Suzana Košara, Goran Košara, Boris Košara, Ornella Košara, Nevio Košara, Danijela Košara

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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