Surname Kolman in modern Croatia

Kolman families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Trsteno in Klanjec area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kolman.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Kolman live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Samobor (55), Trsteno in Klanjec area (25), Koprivnica (10), and in Vrbanovec in Ludbreg area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kolman (including: Kohlmann , Kollmann , Kohlman , Kollman , Koolman , Kolmann , Kholman , Koolmann and Kohllman ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. The family name "Kolman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 800 people in the Netherlands. "Kohlman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 400 in Canada , and some 100 people in Australia. "Kollman " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 100 in Bangladesh , and some 100 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Danimir Kolman, Zdravko Kolman, Igor Kolman, Goran Kolman, Zdenko Kolman, Zvonimir Kolman, Adriana Kolman, Anita Kolman, Robert Kolman, Milan Kolman, Nataša Kolman, Ljubiša Kolman, Krešimir Kolman, Marina Kolman, Mladen Kolman, Mirjana Kolman, Sandra Kolman, Josip Kolman, Stjepan Kolman

Mentions in sources

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

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