Surname Kozarević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kozarević families are mainly Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ), rarely Bosniaks (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lopare area). In Velino Selo in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kozarević.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kozarević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Zupanja (10), Djakovo (<5), Cakovec (<5), and in Rusani in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kozarević (including: Kozarevic , Kozarevich and Kozarewicz ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Kozarevic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Kozarevich " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Kozarewicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tvrtko Kozarević, Nada Kozarević, Katarina Kozarević, Jasminka Kozarević, Dražen Kozarević, Stjepan Kozarević, Damir Kozarević, Nadir Kozarević, Veldan Kozarević, Veldana Kozarević, Edim Kozarević, Kristina Kozarević, Steva Kozarević, Igor Kozarević, Dalibor Kozarević, Zoran Kozarević, Goran Kozarević, Mato Kozarević, Ilija Kozarević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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