Surname Korošec in modern Croatia

Korošec families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Korošec live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Koprivnica (25), Sisak (20), Zablatje in Koprivnica area (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Argentina (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Korošec (including: Korosec , Koroschetz , Koroshec , Koroshetz and Korosecz ) is present in 22 countries on four continents. The family name "Korosec " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Austria. "Koroshec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Korosecz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Korošec, Dragutin Korošec, Ivan Korošec, Marijana Korošec, Diana Korošec, Vladimir Korošec, Krunoslav Korošec, Tomislav Korošec, Nadica Korošec, Stjepan Korošec, Danijel Korošec, Mimoza Korošec, Aleksandar Korošec, Danijela Korošec, Davor Korošec, Ivica Korošec, Ana Korošec, Snježana Korošec, Silvana Korošec

Mentions in sources

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

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