Surname Špoljar in modern Croatia

Špoljar families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia. In Peršaves in Zlatar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Špoljar.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Špoljar live in Croatia today, in 630 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 162 other places, mostly in Zagreb (405), Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (55), Koprivnica (40), Varazdin (35), and in Djakovo (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (3), Canada (2), Sweden (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Špoljar (including: Spoljar , Spolyar ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Spoljar " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Spolyar " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrija Špoljar, Kristina Špoljar, Kornelija Špoljar, Nedjeljko Špoljar, Marijan Špoljar, Maria Špoljar, Dalibor Špoljar, Dubravko Špoljar, Krešimir Špoljar, Darko Špoljar, Robert Špoljar, Jasenka Špoljar, Zvonko Špoljar, Zlatko Špoljar, Branko Špoljar, Ljudevit Špoljar, Krunoslav Špoljar, Dijana Špoljar, Sanja Špoljar

Mentions in sources

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

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