Surname Kollar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kollar families are Croats by relative majority (from Banat, Vojvodina ), equally Hungarians (from Vukovar ), and very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Pozega area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kollar live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Split (<10), Vukovar (<5), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kollar (including: Collar , Kollár , Chollar and Csollár ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Kollar " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Hungary , and some 4000 people in Slovakia. "Collar " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Spain , and some 800 people in Argentina. "Chollar " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Kollar, Jurij Kollar, Gordana Kollar, Zorislav Kollar, Robert Kollar, Miroslav Kollar, Danica Kollar, Silvija Kollar, Ružica Kollar, Zoltan Kollar, Jan Kollar, Vince Kollar, Marta Kollar, Joszef Kollar, Viktoria Kollar, Karlo Kollar, Ištvan Kollar, Marija Kollar, Eva Kollar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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