Surname Kosir in modern Croatia

Kosir families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kosir live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (10), Belica in Cakovec area (10), Zabok (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Austria (1).
Family name Kosir (including: Kosier , Kossir , Cosier , Kosír , Koshir , Khosir , Cossier , Koshier and Kossier ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosir " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Canada. "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.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Kosir, Marina Kosir, Zlatko Kosir, Zvonimir Kosir, Milivoj Kosir, Jasenka Kosir, Damir Kosir, Mario Kosir, Gordana Kosir, Danijel Kosir, Hrvoje Kosir, Branko Kosir, Josip Kosir, Dolores Kosir, Florijan Kosir, Zoran Kosir, Vesna Kosir, Goran Kosir, Anita Kosir

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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