Surname Kosier in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kosier families are Croats (from Djurdjevac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kosier live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Severovci (<10), Petrinja (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Krk on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kosier (including: Cosier , Cossier , Koshier and Kossier ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosier " is used by some 700 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Kossier " is used by few people in the United States. "Koshier " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Silvio Kosier, Boris Kosier, Željko Kosier, Lada Kosier, Irena Kosier, Ljubomir Kosier, Snježana Kosier, Miloš Kosier, Berislav Kosier, Olga Kosier, Dragomir Kosier, Mateo Kosier, Anka Kosier, Marija Kosier, Ana Kosier, Gjuro Kosier, Katica Kosier, Marta Kosier, Inđija Kosier

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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