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Surname Komen in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Komen families are generally Croats (from Opatija area ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Brdce in Opatija area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Komen.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Komen live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), and in Sapjane (15), Skalnica (<10), Brdce (<5) and Lipa (<5) in Opatija area.
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Komen (including: Koomen , Comen , Chomen , Khomen , Commen and Charomen ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Koomen " is used by some 2000 people in the Netherlands , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Comen " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Kenya. "Chomen " is used by some 400 people in Ethiopia , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vitomir Komen,
Robert Komen,
Ivana Komen,
Milodar Komen,
Senka Komen,
Dorian Komen,
Romana Komen,
Olga Komen,
Mirjana Komen,
Ana Komen,
Andrej Komen,
Tanja Komen,
Dragan Komen,
Danijel Komen,
Rikardo Komen,
Raoul Komen,
Romano Komen,
Helga Komen,
Vilma Komen