Surname Hlad in modern Croatia

Hlad families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok area and in Zagreb. In Radakovo in Zabok area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Hlad.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Hlad live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), in Radakovo (35) and Kraljevec na Sutli (10) in Zabok area, Jakovlje in Zapresic area (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (2), Canada (1), Spain (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Hlad (including: Chlad , Chelad , Chlád , Chalad , Chilad and Choklad ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Hlad " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Korea (South). "Chlad " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in Poland , and some 100 people in the United States. "Choklad " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Hlad, Dragutin Hlad, Marijan Hlad, Dijana Hlad, Sabina Hlad, Tomislav Hlad, Damir Hlad, Ivica Hlad, Rudolf Hlad, Ivan Hlad, Vesna Hlad, Denis Hlad, Andro Hlad, Mladen Hlad, Željko Hlad, Zdravko Hlad, Stjepan Hlad, Štefica Hlad, Danica Hlad

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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