Surname Kolovrat in modern Croatia

Kolovrat families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In Sultići in North Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kolovrat.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Kolovrat live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Slavonski Brod (70), Imotski (55), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (50), and in Stobrec (30).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), the United States (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kolovrat (including: Kolowrat , Kolowrath ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Kolowrat " is used by some 50 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kolovrat, Marijan Kolovrat, Milan Kolovrat, Davor Kolovrat, Stjepan Kolovrat, Filip Kolovrat, Nediljko Kolovrat, Gordan Kolovrat, Marija Kolovrat, Petar Kolovrat, Zrinko Kolovrat, Mijo Kolovrat, Ivica Kolovrat, Luka Kolovrat, Ivana Kolovrat, Mirko Kolovrat, Ante Kolovrat, Igor Kolovrat, Mario Kolovrat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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