Surname Kontra in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kontra families are Croats by relative majority (from Vukovar ), equally Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kontra live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Batina in Beli Manastir area (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Visnjevac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kontra (including: Contra , Contera , Kontera and Konthara ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Kontra " is used by some 500 people in Hungary , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Janoš Kontra, Ferenc Kontra, Margareta Kontra, Ištvan Kontra, Katarina Kontra, Ivan Kontra, Nevenka Kontra, Franjo Kontra, Ivana Kontra, Petar Kontra, Matija Kontra, Katica Kontra, Margita Kontra, Mato Kontra, Stevana Kontra

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