Surname Kolenc in modern Croatia

Kolenc families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Delnice area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kolenc live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Karlovac (10), Kutina (10), Zadar (<10), and in Ravna Gora in Delnice area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Austria (1).
Family name Kolenc (including: Kolenz , Kollenz , Collenz , Kolench , Colench , Kollenc and Kolentz ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Kolenc " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in Indonesia. "Kolenz " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Guatemala , and small number of people in Austria. "Colench " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Kolenc, Janko Kolenc, Robert Kolenc, Ivan Kolenc, Mateja Kolenc, Zlatko Kolenc, Petrana Kolenc, Matija Kolenc, Darko Kolenc, Renata Kolenc, Danijela Kolenc, Natalija Kolenc, Jasmina Kolenc, Igor Kolenc, Mario Kolenc, Jurij Kolenc, Nevenka Kolenc, Zdenka Kolenc, Elvis Kolenc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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