Surname David in modern Croatia

David families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name David live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Marof in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), Zunci (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (2), the United States (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name David (including: Dawid , Davied , Davyd , Dávid , Davidd , Daavid , Dhavid , Daviid and Dawied ) is present in 198 countries worldwide. The family name "David " is used by some 200000 people in France , about 200000 in the United States , and some 200000 people in Brazil. "Davied " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia. "Dawied " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandra David, Alen David, Sandra David, Nino David, Agata David, Zvonimir David, Siniša David, Ivan David, Andrija David, Nataša David, Ksenija David, Goran David, Josip David, Žaklina David, Irena David, Mirjana David, Dalibor David, Jadranka David, Vladimir David

Mentions in sources

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

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