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Surname Kardum in modern Croatia
Kardum families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. According to some sources they are from Bosansko Grahovo area (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zagreb. In Nunić in Knin area every third inhabitant had the family name Kardum.
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Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Kardum live in Croatia today, in 470 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Zadar (215), Split (120), Sibenik (70), and in Vuksic (45).
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Outside Croatia
At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), Australia (3), and to the United States (1).
Family name Kardum (including: Khardum , Cardum ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Kardum " is used by some 400 people in Guinea-Bissau , about 90 in Peru , and some 90 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zvonko Kardum,
Duško Kardum,
Sanja Kardum,
Goran Kardum,
Vlatko Kardum,
Branko Kardum,
Josip Kardum,
Pero Kardum,
Drago Kardum,
Slavica Kardum,
Dinko Kardum,
Ivan Kardum,
Hrvoje Kardum,
Igor Kardum,
Livia Kardum,
Branimir Kardum,
Krešimir Kardum,
Ana Kardum,
Jadranka Kardum
