Surname Čelhar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čelhar families are Croats (from Kraljevica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čelhar live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Lovran in Opatija area (<5), Smrika (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čelhar (including: Celhar , Chelhar ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Celhar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Chelhar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Blanka Čelhar, Martina Čelhar, Matija Čelhar, Ivan Čelhar, Franko Čelhar, Mirjana Čelhar, Anton Čelhar, Olga Čelhar, Vedran Čelhar, Josip Čelhar, Latinka Čelhar, Marjan Čelhar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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