Surname Kolaić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kolaić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kolaić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Petrinja (<5), Dragotinci (<5), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kolaić (including: Kolaic , Kolaich ) is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Milan Kolaić, Mirjana Kolaić, Brankica Kolaić, Ružica Kolaić, Petar Kolaić, Sofija Kolaić, Katarina Kolaić, Branko Kolaić, Dragutin Kolaić, Nada Kolaić, Draginja Kolaić, Ljubica Kolaić, Vaso Kolaić, Goran Kolaić, Matea Kolaić, Miljan Kolaić, Ana Kolaić, Mara Kolaić, Pero Kolaić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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