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Surname Jardas in modern Croatia
Jardas families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. According to some sources the family name originates from Greece or from Spain. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Vrbovsko. In Stubica in Vrbovsko every third inhabitant had the family name Jardas.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Jardas live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Rijeka (90), Viskovo in Rijeka area (25), Kastav (25), Brncici (20), and in Zagreb (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (2).
Family name Jardas (including: Yardas , Iardas ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Jardas " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Uruguay. "Yardas " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Turkey.
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Characteristic first names
Darko Jardas,
Ivan Jardas,
Vladimir Jardas,
Davor Jardas,
Katarina Jardas,
Milko Jardas,
Nada Jardas,
Bjanka Jardas,
Arsen Jardas,
Ljubomir Jardas,
Branka Jardas,
Franjo Jardas,
Denis Jardas,
Mirela Jardas,
Đerald Jardas,
Sarah Jardas,
Kristijan Jardas,
Goran Jardas,
Daniel Jardas
