Surname Koh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Koh families are generally Croats (from Srijem, Vojvodina ), very rarely Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Koh live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Osijek (<5), Sarengrad (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Koh (including: Koch , Kotha , Kothe , Kochi , Koth , Koche , Kothi , Kochs and Kooh ) is present in 157 countries worldwide. "Koch " is used by some 400000 people in Germany , about 100000 in the United States , and some 40000 people in Brazil. "Koth " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 700 people in Brazil. "Kotha " is used by some 4000 people in Bangladesh , about 900 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Koh, Esterina Koh, Kristijan Koh, Antal Koh, Miroslav Koh, Kristina Koh, Josip Koh, Zlata Koh, Josipa Koh, Sebastijan Koh, Đurđica Koh, Željko Koh, Milica Koh, Eduard Koh, Vlatko Koh, Katica Koh, Ivanka Koh, Zorislav Koh, Zdravka Koh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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