Surname Kohar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kohar families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krizevci.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kohar live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kohar (including: Kochar , Kothar , Kochhar , Kochmar , Kochkar , Kohhar , Kochvar , Kothwar and Kohaar ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. The family name "Kohar " is used by some 20000 people in Indonesia , about 300 in Nepal , and some 100 people in the United States. "Kochhar " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 400 in Kenya , and some 300 people in Canada. "Kochmar " is used by some 700 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kohar, Vladimir Kohar, Alan Kohar, Natali Kohar, Božidar Kohar, Biserka Kohar, Ivan Kohar, Jasmina Kohar, Filip Kohar, Eva Kohar

Mentions in sources

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

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