Surname Solar in modern Croatia

Solar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Solar live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Slavonski Brod (15), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (15), Osijek (10), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Germany (1), and to France (1).
Family name Solar (including: Sholar , Szollár , Sollar , Szolar , Shollar , Solár , Szollar and Solaar ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Sholar " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in Germany. "Sollar " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 50 in the United States , and some 50 people in Czech Republic. "Shollar " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Milivoj Solar, Mario Solar, Saša Solar, Nenad Solar, Vedrana Solar, Goran Solar, Dubravko Solar, Stjepan Solar, Vladimir Solar, Željko Solar, Marinka Solar, Josip Solar, Nedeljko Solar, Zoran Solar, Nikola Solar, Tomislav Solar, Jasmina Solar, Martina Solar, Robert Solar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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