Surname Kolbas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kolbas families are mainly Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ), less frequently Rusyns (from Vukovar area ), and barely Ukrainians (also from Vukovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kolbas live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vukovar (10), Petrovci in Vukovar area (10), Vinkovci (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kolbas (including: Kolbash , Colbas and Kolbass ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Kolbas " is used by some 900 people in Turkey , about 600 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Kolbash " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvestar Kolbas, Irena Kolbas, Mirko Kolbas, Romana Kolbas, Vladimir Kolbas, Mario Kolbas, Drago Kolbas, Miroslav Kolbas, Zvonko Kolbas, Nikola Kolbas, Silvester Kolbas, Branko Kolbas, Jaka Kolbas, Nevenka Kolbas, Maja Kolbas, Antun Kolbas, Ljubica Kolbas, Nada Kolbas, Alen Kolbas

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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