Surname Bodor in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bodor families are generally Croats (from Srijem, Vojvodina ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bodor live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Cres on the Island of Cres (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bodor (including: Bodhor , Bodoor ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Bodor " is used by some 6000 people in Hungary , about 3000 in Romania , and some 900 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Bodor, Zoltan Bodor, Jenka Bodor, Marija Bodor, Silard Bodor, Nada Bodor, Snježana Bodor, Franjo Bodor, Davor Bodor, Katarina Bodor, Tibor Bodor, Stjepan Bodor, Nandor Bodor, Anka Bodor, Mirko Bodor, Mirjana Bodor, Olga Bodor, Martin Bodor, Kata Bodor

Mentions in sources

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

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