Surname Grden in modern Croatia

Grden families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica and Zagreb. In Lepa Ves in Donja Stubica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Grden.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Grden live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Lepa Ves (25), Zagreb (25), Donja Stubica (15), Banscica in Donja Stubica area (15), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grden (including: Gerdén , Gerdtzen , Gerdeen and Gerden ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Grden " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Poland , and small number of people in Brazil. "Gerden " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gerdeen " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Grden, Gordana Grden, Damir Grden, Vinko Grden, Valentina Grden, Ana Grden, Marijan Grden, Nenad Grden, Siniša Grden, Stjepan Grden, Nikolina Grden, Nedeljko Grden, Nevenka Grden, Renata Grden, Zvonimir Grden, Sanja Grden, Toni Grden, Jadranka Grden, Mirjana Grden

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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