Surname Kolesarić in modern Croatia

Kolesarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Virovitica. In Zoljani in Slavonski Brod area every second inhabitant had the family name Kolesarić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Kolesarić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 350 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 18 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (40), Virovitica (20), Zoljani in Slavonski Brod area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Valpovo (15).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (2), Austria (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Kolesarić (including: Kolesaric , Kolesarich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Kolesaric " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kolesarich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Kolesarić, Darko Kolesarić, Miroslav Kolesarić, Mirta Kolesarić, Ivana Kolesarić, Josip Kolesarić, Zdravko Kolesarić, Velibor Kolesarić, Mato Kolesarić, Stjepan Kolesarić, Goran Kolesarić, Desa Kolesarić, Sandra Kolesarić, Miro Kolesarić, Srećko Kolesarić, Jadranka Kolesarić, Blaženka Kolesarić, Blaško Kolesarić, Sanja Kolesarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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