Surname Jordan in modern Croatia

Jordan families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nin , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Nin.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Jordan live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Vrsi (35), Razanac in Nin area (30), Zagreb (30), Zadar (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Australia (3), the United States (2), and to France (1).
Family name Jordan (including: Jordaan , Iordan , Yordan , Jhordan , Jordahn , Jordhan , Jordann , Jorrdan and Jorddan ) is present in 174 countries worldwide. The family name "Jordan " is used by some 300000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Bolivia , and some 10000 people in Great Britain. "Jordann " is used by small number of people in the Philippines and small number in the United States. "Jorddan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željka Jordan, Vladimir Jordan, Branko Jordan, Christiane Jordan, Ivan Jordan, Ivica Jordan, Alma Jordan, Damir Jordan, Iva Jordan, Marjan Jordan, Hrvoje Jordan, Anita Jordan, Alen Jordan, Tome Jordan, Željko Jordan, Đurđica Jordan, Josip Jordan, Ksenija Jordan, Marin Jordan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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