Surname Kolaković in modern Croatia

Kolaković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Otocac , rarely Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Otocac.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Kolaković live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Karlovac (20), Andrijasevci in Vinkovci area (20), Slavonski Brod (10), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kolaković (including: Kolakovic , Colakovic and Kolakovich ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Kolakovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Colakovic " is used by some 100 people in France , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Afghanistan.

Characteristic first names

Marko Kolaković, Viktor Kolaković, Marjo Kolaković, Branko Kolaković, Josip Kolaković, Saša Kolaković, Robi Kolaković, Marina Kolaković, Ivan Kolaković, Jasna Kolaković, Silvija Kolaković, Branimir Kolaković, Dubravko Kolaković, Nada Kolaković, Zdenko Kolaković, Ivica Kolaković, Miroslav Kolaković, Samir Kolaković, Jelka Kolaković

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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