Surname Kozar in modern Croatia

Kozar families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area , less frequently Serbs and Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In places Mihajlije and Striježevica in Pozega area every second inhabitant had the family name Kozar.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Kozar live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Cakovec (60), Zagreb (50), Osijek (15), Pozega (10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kozar (including: Cozar , Kozhar , Kozár , Chozar and Kozsár ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Kozar " is used by some 10000 people in Ukraine , about 5000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kozar, Zdravko Kozar, Mirjana Kozar, Igor Kozar, Tomislav Kozar, Danko Kozar, Sonja Kozar, Slavko Kozar, Rajka Kozar, Vladimir Kozar, Patricija Kozar, Terezija Kozar, Biljana Kozar, Martina Kozar, Anica Kozar, Štefanija Kozar, Josip Kozar, Ozren Kozar, Lidija Kozar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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