In Croatia, Nikolov families are predominantly Croats (from Buje area ), rarely Macedonians (from Porec ), and very rarely Albanians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Nikolov live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Split (10), Rovinj (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Pula (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.