Surname Volarić in modern Croatia

Volarić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk (Vrbnik). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Donji Desinec in Jastrebarsko every seventh inhabitant had the family name Volarić.

Prevalence

About 740 people with faimily name Volarić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Vrbnik on the Island of Krk (90), Rijeka (85), Karlovac (50), and in Krc (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), the United States (8), Canada (3), Australia (1), Chile (1), Venezuela (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Volarić (including: Volaric , Volarich ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Volaric " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Uruguay , and some 70 people in Chile. "Volarich " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Uruguay.

Characteristic first names

Božena Volarić, Mladen Volarić, Ivan Volarić, Kristina Volarić, Miroslav Volarić, Tomislav Volarić, Mirela Volarić, Katica Volarić, Aleksandar Volarić, Stjepan Volarić, Natalija Volarić, Darko Volarić, Josip Volarić, Davor Volarić, Željko Volarić, Zlatko Volarić, Ivana Volarić, Robert Volarić, Milko Volarić

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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