Surname Erdeli in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Erdeli families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovec area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Erdeli live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Veliki Grdjevac in Grubisno Polje area (<5), Komin (<5), Veliki Brezovec in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Breznica in Novi Marof area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Erdeli (including: Erdély , Erdely ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Erdely " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Erdély " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Hungary , and some 400 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Branko Erdeli, Josip Erdeli, Liana Erdeli, Dubravko Erdeli, Zvonimir Erdeli, Igor Erdeli, Rajko Erdeli, Ivan Erdeli, Zdravko Erdeli, Nada Erdeli, Mario Erdeli, Kristina Erdeli, Snježana Erdeli, Željka Erdeli, Olivera Erdeli, Marijan Erdeli, Robin Erdeli, Marijo Erdeli, Ana Erdeli

Mentions in sources

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

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