Surname Kola in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kola families are predominantly Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and very rarely Albanians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kola live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Banici in Dubrovnik area (15), Suza in Beli Manastir area (<10), Osijek (<10), Cajkovica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kola (including: Kolla , Kolah , Kollia , Kolha , Kohla , Khola , Koola , Kolaa and Kollaa ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. "Kolla " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Cameroon , and some 900 people in Sri Lanka. "Kolha " is used by few people in the United States. "Koola " is used by some 1000 people in Tanzania , about 90 in South Africa , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Kola, Antun Kola, Lidija Kola, Tomislav Kola, Antal Kola, Stjepo Kola, Marija Kola, Natalija Kola, Linda Kola, Flure Kola, Dragan Kola, Ana Kola, Pjeter Kola, Miroslav Kola, Stjepan Kola, Ivo Kola, Maro Kola, Matea Kola, Paulin Kola

Mentions in sources

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

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