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Surname Olah in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Olah families are predominantly Croats (from Vinkovci area ), rarely Hungarians (from Banat, Vojvodina ), and very rarely Roms. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Vinkovci area. In Bosanski Aleksandrovac in Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Olah.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Olah live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), Sisak (<10), Nijemci in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Topolje in Beli Manastir area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Olah (including: Olachea , Olach , Oláh , Olachia , Olache , Ollah , Olách , Olachi and Olath ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. The family name "Olah " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 5000 in Romania , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Olach " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , about 60 in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States. "Ollah " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mladen Olah,
Gordana Olah,
Karlo Olah,
Nandor Olah,
Čaba Olah,
Željka Olah,
Robert Olah,
Neven Olah,
Marija Olah,
Irena Olah,
Elvis Olah,
Zrinka Olah,
Josip Olah,
Zoran Olah,
Magdalena Olah,
Beata Olah,
Lidija Olah,
Senka Olah,
Svetlana Olah