Surname Komar in modern Croatia

Komar families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area , barely Slovaks (Djakovo area), and Montenegrins (Niksic, Montenegro). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Drnis area. In Donje Vinovo in Drnis area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Komar.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Komar live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Split (130), Zagreb (90), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (55), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (55), and in Solin (30).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Komar (including: Koomar , Qomar , Comar , Coomar , Khomar , Komár , Komhar , Kommar and Komarr ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. "Koomar " is used by some 200 people in Mauritius , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in France. "Comar " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 600 in the Philippines , and some 400 people in the United States. "Coomar " is used by some 70 people in Brazil , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Mauritius.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Komar, Dragutin Komar, Ivan Komar, Stjepan Komar, Tamara Komar, Zvonimir Komar, Josip Komar, Dubravka Komar, Krunoslav Komar, Branko Komar, Anita Komar, Ronald Komar, Zlatko Komar, Ivanka Komar, Đuro Komar, Mario Komar, Katija Komar, Aleksio Komar, Krešo Komar

Mentions in sources

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

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