Surname Košec in modern Croatia

Košec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Košec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (20), Zagreb (20), Hum Bistricki in Zlatar area (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Gajec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košec (including: Kosec , Koscec , Cossec , Chossec , Chosec , Koschetz , Cosec , Koshetz and Koschenz ) is present in 25 countries on four continents. The family name "Kosec " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in Uruguay. "Koschetz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Koshetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Košec, Vesnica Košec, Zlatko Košec, Štefica Košec, Mirjana Košec, Nevenka Košec, Tomislav Košec, Branko Košec, Stjepan Košec, Ivan Košec, Robert Košec, Ljiljana Košec, Darko Košec, Krunoslav Košec, Lidija Košec, Marina Košec, Josip Košec, Zvjezdana Košec, Vesna Košec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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