Surname Košir in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Košir live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (20), Varazdin (20), Zagreb (15), Cakovec (15), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košir (including: Kosir , Kosier , Kossir , Koschier , Koshir , Koschir , Koshier , Khosir , Koshmir and Kossier ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosir " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Canada. "Koshir " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kosier " is used by some 700 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Branko Košir, Zoran Košir, Jasna Košir, Boris Košir, Julijana Košir, Žarko Košir, Dražen Košir, Andrej Košir, Davorka Košir, Klaudio Košir, Goran Košir, Katarina Košir, Tamara Košir, Vlatka Košir, Anemary Košir, Ivan Košir, Antun Košir, Vitold Košir, Nikolina Košir

Mentions in sources

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

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