Surname Kožar in modern Croatia

Kožar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca area , rarely Slovenes (Brezice). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovec area. In Pogančec in Vrbovec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kožar.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Kožar live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Djurdjevac (40), Pogancec in Vrbovec area (15), Vrbovec (10), and in Erdovec (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (4) and the United States (2).
Family name Kožar (including: Kozar , Cozar , Kozhar , Kozár , Kozhuhar , Chozar and Kozsár ) is present in 58 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

Zlatko Kožar, Ivica Kožar, Ana Kožar, Željko Kožar, Bojan Kožar, Danijela Kožar, Dejan Kožar, Margareta Kožar, Hrvoje Kožar, Marijana Kožar, Andrea Kožar, Danijel Kožar, Nedjeljka Kožar, Petar Kožar, Marijo Kožar, Ivana Kožar, Snježana Kožar, Vesna Kožar, Ivan Kožar

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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