Surname Kordić in modern Croatia

Kordić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks (from Pljevlja, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In places Tihaljina and Blizanci in Herzegovina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kordić.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Kordić live in Croatia today, in 820 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 79 cities and 175 other places, mostly in Zagreb (420), Split (95), Vinkovci (85), Osijek (80), and in Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (80).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (18), Germany (10), Sweden (4), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), Canada (2), France (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kordić (including: Kordic , Kordich , Cordic , Kordick , Cordick , Cordich , Kordics , Korditsch and Kordichev ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Kordic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Kordich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Kordick " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and small number of people in Korea (South).

Characteristic first names

Rajko Kordić, Stipe Kordić, Dario Kordić, Zoran Kordić, Boris Kordić, Šime Kordić, Mario Kordić, Ivanka Kordić, Snježana Kordić, Neven Kordić, Mile Kordić, Ivan Kordić, Jasna Kordić, Igor Kordić, Ljubica Kordić, Josip Kordić, Ana Kordić, Branko Kordić, Ljiljana Kordić

Mentions in sources

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

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