Surname Žlof in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žlof families are generally Croats (from Klanjec area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pregrada area and in Kutina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Žlof live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Zagorska Sela in Klanjec area (<10), Kutina (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Skalic Zagorski in Pregrada area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žlof (including: Zlof , Zloof ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Zloof " is used by some 200 people in Israel and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Žlof, Franjo Žlof, Josip Žlof, Irena Žlof, Zvonimir Žlof, Dragica Žlof, Ljiljana Žlof, Miroslav Žlof, Danijela Žlof, Vlasta Žlof, Matija Žlof, Romana Žlof, Zdenko Žlof, Sofija Žlof, Željko Žlof, Blanka Žlof, Ruža Žlof, Ljubica Žlof, Vladimir Žlof

Mentions in sources

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

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