Surname Nikolac in modern Croatia

Nikolac families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Ploce. In Šarić Struga in Ploce nearly every inhabitant had the family name Nikolac.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Nikolac live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Saric Struga (125), Ploce (55), Zagreb (30), Metkovic (15), and in Opatija (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nikolac (including: Nicolazzi , Nicolazzo , Nicolaz , Nicolacci and Nicolazza ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Nicolazzi " is used by some 400 people in Italy , about 300 in Brazil , and some 200 people in the United States. "Nicolazzo " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Nikša Nikolac, Miljenko Nikolac, Ivica Nikolac, Daniela Nikolac, Slobodan Nikolac, Krešimir Nikolac, Tomislav Nikolac, Marko Nikolac, Nora Nikolac, Vanja Nikolac, Branko Nikolac, Sanja Nikolac, Ante Nikolac, Nives Nikolac, Denis Nikolac, Vjeko Nikolac, Ankica Nikolac, Petar Nikolac, Olivija Nikolac

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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