Surname Karadža in modern Croatia

Karadža families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Omis area , rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area).

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Karadža live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Rijeka (40), Split (35), Bjelovar (20), and in Otok in Vinkovci area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Karadža (including: Karadza , Karada , Karadzha , Karadja , Carada , Kharada , Karrada , Karadha , Karadzhia and Karaada ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Karadza " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Zimbabwe. "Carrada " is used by some 1000 people in Mexico , about 100 in Thailand , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Karadža, Elda Karadža, Draško Karadža, Jerolim Karadža, Davorin Karadža, Snežana Karadža, Mijo Karadža, Mato Karadža, Damir Karadža, Bruno Karadža, Ivanka Karadža, Nediljko Karadža, Tadija Karadža, Vinko Karadža, Ibrahim Karadža, Ivan Karadža, Stipo Karadža, Branko Karadža, Enver Karadža

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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