Surname Kolić in modern Croatia

Kolić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. According to some sources they are from place Kolici near Krasic, very rarely Bosniaks (Bijelo Polje, Montenegro). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ogulin. In Podumol in Vrbovsko area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kolić.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Kolić live in Croatia today, in 770 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 198 other places, mostly in Zagreb (285), Pula (95), Split (80), Ogulin (55), and in Rijeka (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (11), Australia (7), Germany (5), Austria (5), Canada (5), Argentina (3), Sweden (2), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Kolić (including: Kolic , Kolich , Kolitsch , Kolici , Kolick , Kolics , Kolichi , Kollich , Koliche and Kollick ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Kolic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Canada. "Kolich " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 200 in Peru , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Kolitsch " is used by some 400 people in Germany , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Kolić, Anka Kolić, Miroslav Kolić, Nevenka Kolić, Krešimir Kolić, Darko Kolić, Marin Kolić, Branko Kolić, Vlatka Kolić, Eduard Kolić, Ljubomir Kolić, Marinela Kolić, Božo Kolić, Jadranka Kolić, Mirko Kolić, Željko Kolić, Vladimir Kolić, Slavko Kolić, Dragan Kolić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories