Surname Krolo in modern Croatia

Krolo families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. According to some sources they are from Busko Blato area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Split. In places Kamensko , Strmendolac and Gizdavac in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Krolo.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Krolo live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Split (245), Zagreb (130), Gornji Muc in Sinj area (60), Osijek (50), and in Kamensko in Sinj area (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Austria (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Krolo (including: Chirollo , Cirolo and Chirolo ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Krolo " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Cirolo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chirolo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Krolo, Ligija Krolo, Lidija Krolo, Branka Krolo, Helena Krolo, Željko Krolo, Dražan Krolo, Anita Krolo, Darko Krolo, Zdravka Krolo, Ivan Krolo, Siniša Krolo, Hrvoje Krolo, Joško Krolo, Petar Krolo, Anja Krolo, Josip Krolo, Vinko Krolo, Marinko Krolo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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