In Croatia, Gardoš families are Croats by relative majority (from Buje area ), equally Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buje.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Gardoš live in Croatia today, in 9 households. They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Buje (<10), Krasica (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Martincici (<5) and Brtonigla (<5) in Buje area.
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.