Surname Kenda in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kenda families are generally Croats (from Delnice area ), very rarely Italians (from Rijeka ), and barely Hungarians (from Zapresic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Osijek. In Kranjci in Cabar every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kenda.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kenda live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka (<10), Sisak (<10), Prezid (<10), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kenda (including: Chenda , Chienda , Cenda , Chhenda , Choenda , Khenda , Cienda , Kendha and Chendaa ) is present in 63 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kenda, Walter Kenda, Vladimir Kenda, Jasmina Kenda, Snježana Kenda, Nedeljko Kenda, Ivica Kenda, Renato Kenda, Erzsebet Kenda, Dubravka Kenda, Marina Kenda, Ivana Kenda, Anita Kenda, Spomenko Kenda, Vjeran Kenda, Andrea Kenda, Željkica Kenda, Iwana Kenda, Alenka Kenda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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