Surname Budan in modern Croatia

Budan families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Budan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zadar (25), Podgradina in Zadar area (15), Gornje Ceranje (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Budan (including: Budhan , Buddan , Budahn , Buddhan , Bhudan , Buddann and Bhudhan ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Budhan " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Guyana , and some 80 people in Jamaica. "Buddan " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Jamaica. "Budahn " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mladenko Budan, Boris Budan, Alenka Budan, Blaženka Budan, Branimir Budan, Mladen Budan, Milka Budan, Vesna Budan, Gordana Budan, Ivica Budan, Hrvoje Budan, Sandra Budan, Ivan Budan, Igor Budan, Mate Budan, Mile Budan, Davor Budan, Željko Budan, Mirjana Budan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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