Surname Kosor in modern Croatia

Kosor families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split. In Ostrogašica in Drnis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kosor.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Kosor live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Split (80), Trbounje (50), Zagreb (45), Sibenik (30), and in Omis (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Kosor (including: Koczor , Cosor , Cossor , Koshor , Kossor , Kosoor , Csoszor and Koszor ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Kosor " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Kossor " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Algeria , and small number of people in Morocco. "Kosoor " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranka Kosor, Robert Kosor, Đani Kosor, Šime Kosor, Ninoslav Kosor, Darinko Kosor, Tonči Kosor, Suzana Kosor, Ante Kosor, Ivan Kosor, Gordana Kosor, Kristina Kosor, Božo Kosor, Milorad Kosor, Mate Kosor, Karmen Kosor, Ivo Kosor, Nino Kosor, Ivica Kosor

Mentions in sources

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

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