Surname Lada in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lada families are generally Croats (from Vukovar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lada live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<10), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lada (including: Ladha , Ladda , Laddha , Llada , Laddah , Ladah , Ladhha , Lahda and Ladaa ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. The family name "Lada " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 2000 in Indonesia , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Ladah " is used by some 70 people in Japan and small number in the United States. "Lahda " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Lada, Nataša Lada, Vesna Lada, Zrinka Lada, Jozefina Lada, Josipa Lada, Željko Lada, Tihomir Lada, Vladimira Lada, Darija Lada, Danijel Lada, Jelka Lada, Kata Lada, Josip Lada, Mihajlo Lada, Ruža Lada, Jasminka Lada, Lidija Lada, Dražen Lada

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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