Surname Kolega in modern Croatia

Kolega families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan. In Kali on the Island of Ugljan every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kolega.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Kolega live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Kali on the Island of Ugljan (240), Zadar (165), Zagreb (40), Rijeka (15), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), the United States (3), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), Belgium (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kolega (including: Colega , Collega and Kollega ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Kolega " is used by some 500 people in Central African Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Albania.

Characteristic first names

Živko Kolega, Ante Kolega, Božidar Kolega, Danijel Kolega, Marko Kolega, Marija Kolega, Katarina Kolega, Branko Kolega, Serđo Kolega, Nada Kolega, Valter Kolega, Tješimir Kolega, Josip Kolega, Pero Kolega, Vesna Kolega, Đorđi Kolega, Perica Kolega, Radoslav Kolega, Borivoj Kolega

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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