Surname Kolenić in modern Croatia

Kolenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Lepoglava.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Kolenić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Zlogonje (10), Cakovec (<10), Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (<10), and in Celine (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kolenić (including: Kolenic , Kolenich , Kolenick and Kolenicz ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Kolenic " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Kolenich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Kolenick " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljanka Kolenić, Dražen Kolenić, Juraj Kolenić, Branko Kolenić, Mario Kolenić, Krunoslav Kolenić, Sanja Kolenić, Zlatko Kolenić, Roman Kolenić, Željko Kolenić, Blaž Kolenić, Josip Kolenić, Ivanka Kolenić, Andrija Kolenić, Vladimir Kolenić, Marijo Kolenić, Goran Kolenić, Tomislav Kolenić, Mirko Kolenić

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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