Surname Jadan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Jadan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (35), Zabok (15), Bjelovar (<10), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jadan (including: Jadaan , Yadan , Jadhan , Jaadan and Jaddan ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Jadan " is used by some 3000 people in Ecuador , about 700 in Iraq , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Margita Jadan, Dragutin Jadan, Tomislav Jadan, Zvjezdana Jadan, Danijela Jadan, Mario Jadan, Nikola Jadan, Vladimir Jadan, Josip Jadan, Mira Jadan, Ivan Jadan, Robert Jadan, Goran Jadan, Đuro Jadan, Nevenka Jadan, Stjepan Jadan, Damir Jadan, Zdravko Jadan, Ivica Jadan

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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