Surname Hrdas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hrdas families are generally Croats (from Zagreb ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hrdas live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Zagreb (20), Sesvete (<5), and in Pologi in Klanjec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrdas (including: Chordas , Chordash , Cherdas , Chardas and Herdas ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Chordas " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 60 in Russian Federation. "Chordash " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Hrdas, Edita Hrdas, Snježana Hrdas, Adrijana Hrdas, Damir Hrdas, Juraj Hrdas, Stjepan Hrdas, Marija Hrdas, Vesna Hrdas, Elizabeta Hrdas, Davor Hrdas, Melita Hrdas, Krešimir Hrdas, Jelka Hrdas, Ljerka Hrdas, Ivan Hrdas, Franciska Hrdas, Ivana Hrdas, Dragica Hrdas

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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