Surname Kobal in modern Croatia

Kobal families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kobal live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Varazdin (30), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Trnovec (10) and Turcin (10) in Varazdin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kobal (including: Cobal , Koball , Chobal , Khobhal , Chaobhal , Koballi , Chaobal and Khobal ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Koball " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Cobal " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Chaobal " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Kobal, Josip Kobal, Bosiljka Kobal, Jadranko Kobal, Darko Kobal, Nenad Kobal, Predrag Kobal, Hrvoje Kobal, Mario Kobal, Vlado Kobal, Milivoj Kobal, Dubravka Kobal, Velimir Kobal, Anita Kobal, Dejan Kobal, Đino Kobal, Nevenka Kobal, Vid Kobal, Zdravko Kobal

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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