Surname Kadija in modern Croatia

Kadija families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Biograd na moru area and in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Kadija live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Turanj in Biograd na moru area (45), Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (40), Zagreb (15), Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (15), and in Zadar (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kadija (including: Khadija , Khadijah , Kadiya , Kadieva , Kadhiya , Kadijah , Kadiyah , Kahdijah and Kadiera ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Kadija " is used by some 80 people in Albania , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in the United States. "Kadiya " is used by some 1000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo , about 100 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Kadhiya " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nediljko Kadija, Krešo Kadija, Blaženka Kadija, Manda Kadija, Suzana Kadija, Ivica Kadija, Anita Kadija, Đana Kadija, Antonio Kadija, Sara Kadija, Miroslav Kadija, Krešimir Kadija, Anka Kadija, Ivanka Kadija, Ante Kadija, Jelena Kadija, Petra Kadija, Ivan Kadija, Milka Kadija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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