Surname Korda in modern Croatia

Korda families are mainly Croats the family name originates from Herzegovina , but often ga and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Knin area. In Zečevo in Knin area every third inhabitant had the family name Korda.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Korda live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Split (50), Zagreb (40), Zadar (30), Metkovic (25), and in Dubrovnik (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Korda (including: Corda , Chorda , Kordah , Khhorda , Khorda , Kordha , Khordda , Cordha and Khordha ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Kordah " is used by some 300 people in Ghana , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Dominican Republic. "Corda " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in the Philippines. "Choborda " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Korda, Petar Korda, Đuro Korda, Zoran Korda, Luka Korda, Ina Korda, Renata Korda, Goran Korda, Miho Korda, Neven Korda, Tomislav Korda, Jagoda Korda, Vanda Korda, Anja Korda, Marija Korda, Zdenko Korda, Ante Korda, Klaudija Korda, Sandra Korda

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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