Surname Bradarić in modern Croatia

Bradarić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Sinj area. In Bardaci in Bosnian Krajina every third inhabitant had the family name Bradarić.

Prevalence

About 800 people with faimily name Bradarić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Split (115), Zagreb (65), Rijeka (35), Osijek (35), and in Dugi Rat in Omis area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Canada (2), the United States (2), Austria (2), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Bradarić (including: Bradaric , Bradarich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Bradaric " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Bradarich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Bradarić, Ivica Bradarić, Božidar Bradarić, Stipe Bradarić, Marica Bradarić, Anđa Bradarić, Dejan Bradarić, Robert Bradarić, Violeta Bradarić, Žanet Bradarić, Lenka Bradarić, Željko Bradarić, Pero Bradarić, Natalija Bradarić, Josip Bradarić, Mirko Bradarić, Branko Bradarić, Srećko Bradarić, Tomislav Bradarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1742 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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