Surname Ladika in modern Croatia

Ladika families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Zagreb. In Kamanje in Ozalj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ladika.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Ladika live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Kamanje in Ozalj area (25), Zagreb (20), Restovo in Ozalj area (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Switzerland (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Ladika (including: Ladica , Ladyka , Laddika , Hladika , Ladická , Ladhika , Laddhika and Ladichka ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Ladika " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , some 200 people in the United States , and small number of people in Samoa. "Laddika " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jože Ladika, Irena Ladika, Josip Ladika, Igor Ladika, Zdravko Ladika, Marija Ladika, Zdenko Ladika, Mario Ladika, Zvjezdana Ladika, Stjepan Ladika, Božena Ladika, Stanko Ladika, Ivana Ladika, Ivo Ladika, Ferdo Ladika, Juraj Ladika, Željko Ladika, Ratko Ladika, Vlado Ladika

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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