Surname Zagar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kokolo families are Croats by relative majority (from Novigrad ), equally Italians (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec. In Tar in Porec every nintieth inhabitant had the family name Kokolo.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kokolo live in Croatia today, in four households only.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Tar (<10) and Novigrad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kokolo (including: Coccolo , Kocholo , Chokolo , Cocolo , Chipokolo , Cochiolo , Cokolo and Chocholo ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Cochiolo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Patrik Zagar, Debora Zagar, David Zagar, Sandra Zagar, Alfredo Zagar, Đanfranka Zagar, Elvio Zagar, Alexsia Zagar, Onorina Zagar, Mario Zagar, Korado Zagar

Mentions in sources

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

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