Surname Zalokar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zalokar families are generally Croats (from the Island of Murter ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slavonski Brod ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zalokar live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Molunat in Dubrovnik area (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zalokar is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Zalokar " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Jadran Zalokar, Bernard Zalokar, Ivana Zalokar, Miha Zalokar, Boris Zalokar, Berislav Zalokar, Igor Zalokar, Zdenko Zalokar, Nevenka Zalokar, Vladimir Zalokar, Maja Zalokar, Alojz Zalokar, Suzana Zalokar, Peter Zalokar, Emira Zalokar, Dejan Zalokar, Ivan Zalokar, Emilija Zalokar, Nera Zalokar

Mentions in sources

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

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