Surname Zohar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zohar families are Croats (from Kutina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina area and in Zagreb. In Donja Vlahinička in Kutina area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Zohar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zohar live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Popovaca in Kutina area (10), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<5), Kastav (<5), and in Ogulin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zohar (including: Zsohár , Zsohar ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Zohar " is used by some 10000 people in Israel , about 1000 in the United States , and some 600 people in France. "Zsohar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zsohár " is used by some 300 people in Hungary and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Zohar, Martina Zohar, Marko Zohar, Brankica Zohar, Domagoj Zohar, Ivan Zohar, Marica Zohar, Drago Zohar, Alen Zohar, Danijel Zohar, Josip Zohar, Marijan Zohar, Darinka Zohar, Antonija Zohar, Terezija Zohar, Ivana Zohar, Antun Zohar, Danica Zohar, Štefica Zohar

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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