Surname Slosar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Slosar families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Slosar live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), in Klana (<10) and Mucici (<5) in Opatija area, Opatija (<5), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Slosar (including: Slossar , Shlosar ) is present in 8 countries on two continents. The family name "Slosar " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Slossar " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Slosar, Biserka Slosar, Josip Slosar, Igor Slosar, Sanja Slosar, Zlatko Slosar, Florijano Slosar, Zlatica Slosar, Teo Slosar, Branko Slosar, Maria Slosar, Tea Slosar, Vesna Slosar, Floris Slosar, Branka Slosar, Mario Slosar, Luis Slosar, Karmen Slosar, Manuela Slosar

Mentions in sources

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

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