Surname Kramar in modern Croatia

Kramar families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Prelog , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area) and in Zagreb. In Maline in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kramar.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Kramar live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Donji Pustakovec in Prelog area (35), Osijek (30), Pula (30), and in Cehovec (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (3), Australia (3), Austria (2), France (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Kramar (including: Kramár , Cramar , Choramar and Krammar ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Kramar " is used by some 10000 people in Ukraine , about 5000 in Russian Federation , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Krammar " is used by few people in the United States. "Cramar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Romania , and small number of people in Germany , small number of people in Moldova.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Kramar, Ivana Kramar, Miroslav Kramar, Saša Kramar, Zdenko Kramar, Ivica Kramar, Darko Kramar, Mario Kramar, Matija Kramar, Metka Kramar, Ksenija Kramar, Snježana Kramar, Mirjana Kramar, Bernarda Kramar, Tomislav Kramar, Renata Kramar, Ivan Kramar, Davor Kramar, Marijan Kramar

Mentions in sources

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

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