Surname Gajdek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Gajdek live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Sisak (30), Satornja (25), Veliko Svinjicko (20), Hotnja in Glina area (20), and in Zagreb (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gajdek (including: Gaydeek , Gaydek , Gaidek and Gaydeck ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Gajdek " is used by some 500 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Gaydek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gaidek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Gajdek, Mihaela Gajdek, Đuro Gajdek, Zoran Gajdek, Ivan Gajdek, Damir Gajdek, Robert Gajdek, Mladen Gajdek, Martina Gajdek, Mira Gajdek, Rajko Gajdek, Manuela Gajdek, Josip Gajdek, Dario Gajdek, Nada Gajdek, Miroslav Gajdek, Daniel Gajdek, Zdenko Gajdek, Antun Gajdek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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