Surname Kolibaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kolibaš families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Djurdjevac area. In Strgari in Vrbovsko area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kolibaš.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kolibaš live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Strgari in Vrbovsko area (<10), Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kolibaš (including: Kolibas , Kolibash and Colibas ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Kolibas " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in Canada. "Kolibash " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kolibaš, Darko Kolibaš, Tihomir Kolibaš, Martina Kolibaš, Ankica Kolibaš, Martin Kolibaš, Željka Kolibaš, Milica Kolibaš, Biserka Kolibaš, Ivana Kolibaš, Nenad Kolibaš, Josip Kolibaš, Barica Kolibaš, Vinko Kolibaš, Zdravko Kolibaš, Boris Kolibaš, Višnja Kolibaš, Vjekoslav Kolibaš, Dražen Kolibaš

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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