In Croatia, Jadi families are generally Croats (from Garesnica ), very rarely Hungarians (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica and Pakrac. In Rogoža in Garesnica every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Jadi.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Jadi live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sesvete (<5), Zagreb (<5), Kutina (<5), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<5), and in Garesnica (<5).