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Surname Grdan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Grdan families are generally Croats (from Djurdjevac ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Grdan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Cepelovac (<10), Djurdjevac (<10), Valbandon (<10), and in Berek in Cazma area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Grdan (including: Gerdan , Gherdan and Ghirdan ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Gherdan " is used by some 500 people in Romania , about 50 in Moldova , and small number of people in the United States. "Ghirdan " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Matija Grdan,
Božica Grdan,
Goran Grdan,
Amir Grdan,
Vinko Grdan,
Marin Grdan,
Ernesa Grdan,
Ružica Grdan,
Mladen Grdan,
Zvonko Grdan,
Dario Grdan,
Vlado Grdan,
Stjepan Grdan,
Josip Grdan,
Jakob Grdan,
Irena Grdan,
Željka Grdan,
Marko Grdan,
Đurđica Grdan
