Surname Hajduk in modern Croatia

Hajduk families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof , barely Rusyns (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Hajduk live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Novi Marof (30), Lekenik in Petrinja area (25), Varazdin (25), and in Tuhovec (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), Australia (1), Belgium (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Hajduk (including: Haiduk , Hayduk , Hajduch , Haiduck , Hayduck , Hajdúch , Hajdúk , Hajduck and Chajduk ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Hajduk " is used by some 10000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Germany. "Hayduk " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 300 in Canada , and some 200 people in Ukraine. "Haiduk " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 700 in Brazil , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladislav Hajduk, Gordana Hajduk, Damir Hajduk, Janko Hajduk, Eugen Hajduk, Stjepan Hajduk, Siniša Hajduk, Bruno Hajduk, Dario Hajduk, Igor Hajduk, Maja Hajduk, Danijela Hajduk, Slađan Hajduk, Ivica Hajduk, Vlado Hajduk, Zlatko Hajduk, Silvijo Hajduk, Silvija Hajduk, Rudolf Hajduk

Mentions in sources

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

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