In Croatia, Ardas families are Croats (from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Cres. In Mali Podol on the Island of Cres every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ardas.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Ardas live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Cres on the Island of Cres (<5).