Surname Giordano in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Giordano families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Giordano live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Giordano is present in 84 countries worldwide. The family name "Giordano " is used by some 50000 people in Italy , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Giordano, Giuliano Giordano, Giuseppe Giordano, Silvia Giordano, Luca Giordano, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Giordano, Ivanka Giordano, Angelo Giordano, Marija Giordano, Alessandra Giordano, Livia Giordano, Alex Giordano, Anita Giordano, Maria Giordano, Mario Giordano, Maurizio Giordano, Mirna Giordano, Paolo Giordano

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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