Surname Šolar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šolar families are Croats (from Novigrad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šolar live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Krancici in Novigrad area (<10), Porec (<10), Tar (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Vrboska on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šolar (including: Solar , Sholar , Scholar , Sollar , Schoolar , Szolar , Shollar , Szollar , Shkolar and Solaar ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. "Sholar " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in Germany. "Scholar " is used by some 2000 people in Pakistan , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Kenya. "Sollar " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 50 in the United States , and some 50 people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Eva Šolar, Dalibor Šolar, Bruneta Šolar, Nikola Šolar, Renata Šolar, Ante Šolar, Gordana Šolar, Edi Šolar, Silvio Šolar, Mirela Šolar, Krešimir Šolar, Slavko Šolar, Marjan Šolar, Mojca Šolar, Marija Šolar, Sanja Šolar, Ivanka Šolar, Tone Šolar, Nikolina Šolar

Mentions in sources

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

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