Surname Kosina in modern Croatia

Kosina families are often Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area , less frequently Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Zagreb. In Kaptol in Pozega area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Kosina.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kosina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 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 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Kutina (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Velika (<10) and Kaptol (<10) in Pozega area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kosina (including: Koshina , Kossinna , Khoshina , Kosinah , Cosina , Kossina , Khosina , Khosinah and Kosyna ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosina " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Russian Federation. "Kossina " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Sri Lanka.

Characteristic first names

Karlo Kosina, Ljiljana Kosina, Dejan Kosina, Kristina Kosina, Marijo Kosina, Damir Kosina, Krešimir Kosina, Mario Kosina, Zorana Kosina, Marijana Kosina, Elvis Kosina, Krunoslava Kosina, Krunoslav Kosina, Gordana Kosina, Spomenka Kosina, Maja Kosina, Danijel Kosina, Marina Kosina, Vlasta Kosina

Mentions in sources

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

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