Surname Hunjadi in modern Croatia

Hunjadi families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Hunjadi live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (55), Cakovec (25), Varazdin (20), and in Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Australia (4), and to Germany (2).
Family name Hunjadi (including: Hunyadi , Hunyady and Huniadi ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Hunjadi " is used by some 90 people in Austria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Hunyadi " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 500 in Romania , and some 300 people in the United States. "Hunyady " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Hunjadi, Mirko Hunjadi, Ivan Hunjadi, Jasminka Hunjadi, Valent Hunjadi, Igor Hunjadi, Miljenko Hunjadi, Bernarda Hunjadi, Dean Hunjadi, Mario Hunjadi, Ranko Hunjadi, Tomislav Hunjadi, Tomica Hunjadi, Branko Hunjadi, Zdenko Hunjadi, Đuro Hunjadi, Dragutin Hunjadi, Manuel Hunjadi, Nevenka Hunjadi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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