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.
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.
