Surname Daniel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Daniel families are predominantly Croats (from Slavonski Brod ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Daniel live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (10), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Daniel (including: Daniell , Danielli , Danielly , Danihel , Danniel , Dhaniel , Danieel , Dahniel and Daniiel ) is present in 192 countries worldwide. The family name "Daniel " is used by some 300000 people in the United States , about 300000 in Tanzania , and some 200000 people in Brazil. "Daniell " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 900 in South Africa , and some 600 people in Australia. "Danihel " is used by some 300 people in Slovakia , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Daniel, Gordana Daniel, Senka Daniel, Davor Daniel, Melita Daniel, Saida Daniel, Milojko Daniel, John Daniel, Ksenija Daniel, Josip Daniel, Ladislav Daniel, Natalija Daniel, Krešimir Daniel, Amalka Daniel, Ruža Daniel, Darko Daniel, Vladimir Daniel, Marko Daniel, Matija Daniel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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