Surname Rosa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rosa families are Croats (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Rosa live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Novaki Motovunski in Pazin area (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rosa (including: Rossa , Roosa , Rosha , Rosaa , Rosah , Rosza , Rhosa , Roossa and Rosaah ) is present in 148 countries worldwide. The family name "Rosa " is used by some 2000000 people in Brazil , about 100000 in the United States , and some 80000 people in Italy. "Rosaa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rosza " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Matjaž Rosa, Stjepan Rosa, Peter Rosa, Michela Rosa, Krešimir Rosa, Lionella Rosa, Karlo Rosa, Marija Rosa, Giuliano Rosa, Marta Rosa, Višnja Rosa, Rosa Rosa, Alma Rosa, Gerardo Rosa, Giovana Rosa, Giovanna Rosa, Giovanni Rosa, Giuseppe Rosa, Ivan Rosa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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