Surname Kosjer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kosjer families are generally Serbs, very rarely Croats (from Ogulin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Karlovac. In Kosijersko Selo in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kosjer.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kosjer live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Koransko Selo (<10) and Kosijersko Selo (<10) in Duga Resa area, Rijeka (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Skenderovci in Pozega area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kosjer (including: Kosier , Kossier ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosjer " is used by small number of people in the United States. "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

Željko Kosjer, Nikola Kosjer, Ankica Kosjer, Andjelija Kosjer, Milorad Kosjer, Marinko Kosjer, Saša Kosjer, Soka Kosjer, Ljuba Kosjer, Mila Kosjer, Branko Kosjer, Ranka Kosjer, Anka Kosjer, Dragić Kosjer, Golubica Kosjer, Stanka Kosjer, Dušanka Kosjer, Petar Kosjer, Zorka Kosjer

Mentions in sources

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

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