Surname Čor in modern Croatia

Čor families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čor live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (20), Kriznica in Djurdjevac area (15), Crikvenica (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (3), and to Canada (1).
Family name Čor (including: Cor , Chor , Chhor , Corr , Chorr , Coor , Chior , Cohr , Czor and Cior ) is present in 103 countries worldwide. "Corr " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Great Britain , and some 800 people in Gambia. "Coor " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Mexico , and some 60 people in Brazil. "Czor " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Čor, Ivan Čor, Nataša Čor, Dubravka Čor, Adrian Čor, Sanja Čor, Mirela Čor, Jasna Čor, Željko Čor, Ana Čor, Iva Čor, Eda Čor, Predrag Čor, Goran Čor, Zoran Čor, Daliborka Čor, Mario Čor, Marija Čor, Ivka Čor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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