Surname Kumar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kumar families are predominantly Croats (from Pula ), rarely Italians (from Pula area ), and very rarely Slovenes (from Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kumar live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (20), Pula (<10), Vukovar (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kumar (including: Kumhar , Kuumar , Kumaar , Kummar , Kumarr , Khumar , Kkumar , Kuemar and Kumahr ) is present in 198 countries worldwide. The family name "Kumar " is used by some 400000 people in Bangladesh , about 100000 in Pakistan , and some 90000 people in the United States. "Chummar " is used by some 60 people in Ghana , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kumar, Andrej Kumar, Marinela Kumar, Igor Kumar, Dalibor Kumar, Giovanni Kumar, Danijela Kumar, Srećko Kumar, Dalvir Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Zlatko Kumar, Ljiljana Kumar, Gianni Kumar, Marko Kumar, Mitja Kumar, Rajan Kumar, Anil Kumar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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