Surname Nikolov in modern Croatia

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).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nikolov (including: Nickolov , Nikolow , Nicolov , Nicolow , Nikkolov and Nicholov ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Nickolov " is used by some 700 people in Bulgaria , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Nicolow " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Atanas Nikolov, Jadranka Nikolov, Goran Nikolov, Marjan Nikolov, Biljana Nikolov, Danijela Nikolov, Veneta Nikolov, Sergio Nikolov, Ana Nikolov, Igor Nikolov, Dominik Nikolov, Venera Nikolov, Neđo Nikolov, Boris Nikolov, Ivanka Nikolov, Dejan Nikolov, Rajan Nikolov, Živko Nikolov, Daša Nikolov

Mentions in sources

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.

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