Surname Genda in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Genda live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zadar (55), Medvidja (20), Korlat (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Moslavina Podravska in Donji Miholjac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Genda (including: Gendha , Ghenda ) is present in 38 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Josip Genda, Klaudio Genda, Igor Genda, Dario Genda, Kruno Genda, Stoja Genda, Stipan Genda, Danijela Genda, Milka Genda, Gorka Genda, Mijat Genda, Anka Genda, Žaklina Genda, Dražen Genda, Hrvoje Genda, Mario Genda, Ivana Genda, Nedjeljko Genda, Ivica Genda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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