Surname Kobali in modern Croatia

Kobali families are Croats the family name originates from Klanjec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec. In Letovčan Novodvorski in Klanjec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kobali.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kobali live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Lekenik in Petrinja area (<10), Letovcan Tomasevecki (<5), Lucelnica Tomasevecka (<5), and in Dol Klanjecki (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kobali (including: Kobaly , Koballi ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Kobaly " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Danko Kobali, Branko Kobali, Nedeljko Kobali, Gordana Kobali, Marina Kobali, Bernardica Kobali, Keti Kobali, Vedran Kobali, Dragica Kobali, Josip Kobali, Mario Kobali, Antun Kobali, Milan Kobali, Vilim Kobali, Anica Kobali, Ivica Kobali, Žarko Kobali, Ninoslav Kobali, Ivan Kobali

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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