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Surname Bogdan in modern Croatia
Bogdan families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Kutina. According to some sources they are from Semovci, rarely Roms (Beli Manastir area) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Kutina. In Donja Gračenica in Kutina area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bogdan.
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Prevalence
About 3000 people with faimily name Bogdan live in Croatia today, in 1000 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 74 cities and 223 other places, mostly in Kutina (390), Voloder in Kutina area (190), Zagreb (185), Split (145), and in Djurdjevac (105).
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Outside Croatia
At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (7), Germany (6), the United States (4), Canada (3), France (2), the United Kingdom (1), Switzerland (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bogdan (including: Bogdahn , Bogdán and Boghdan ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Bogdan " is used by some 100000 people in Romania , about 10000 in Poland , and some 8000 people in the United States. "Bogdahn " is used by some 700 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ivan Bogdan,
Željko Bogdan,
Ivana Bogdan,
Branimir Bogdan,
Frano Bogdan,
Emil Bogdan,
Stjepan Bogdan,
Tomislav Bogdan,
Igor Bogdan,
Božo Bogdan,
Saša Bogdan,
Darko Bogdan,
Aida Bogdan,
Hrvoje Bogdan,
Danijel Bogdan,
Teofil Bogdan,
Božidar Bogdan,
Zoran Bogdan,
Nikola Bogdan
