Surname Dudaš in modern Croatia

Dudaš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , also Rusyns (from Vukovar area ) and Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Dudaš live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 320 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 23 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Osijek (20), Vukovar (20), Suza in Beli Manastir area (20), and in Djakovo (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dudaš (including: Dudas , Dudash , Dhudas , Dudasch , Dudás and Dudasz ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Dudas " is used by some 30000 people in Hungary , about 8000 in Romania , and some 8000 people in the United States. "Dudash " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 600 in Ukraine , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Dudasch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Geza Dudaš, Tereza Dudaš, Darko Dudaš, Nada Dudaš, Branislava Dudaš, Andrijana Dudaš, Želimir Dudaš, Miroslav Dudaš, Dario Dudaš, Stjepan Dudaš, Oliver Dudaš, Boris Dudaš, Đuro Dudaš, Saša Dudaš, Boro Dudaš, Kristina Dudaš, Igor Dudaš, Mario Dudaš, Ferenc Dudaš

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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