Surname Mrđa in modern Croatia

Mrđa families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bosanski Petrovac area) and in Osijek. In places Smoljana and Krnja Jela in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Mrđa.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Mrđa live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Beli Manastir (40), Bolman in Beli Manastir area (35), and in Birovaca (20) and Donji Lapac (15) in Obrovac area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Mrđa (including: Mergia , Mrdja , Merda , Merdja , Mrda , Mrdha and Merdia ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrdja " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Mrda " is used by few people in the United States. "Mergia " is used by some 20000 people in Ethiopia , about 200 in Sudan , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mile Mrđa, Boris Mrđa, Tomica Mrđa, Branislav Mrđa, Ratko Mrđa, Branka Mrđa, Milan Mrđa, Ljiljana Mrđa, Simo Mrđa, Zdravko Mrđa, Bernardica Mrđa, Dejan Mrđa, Željka Mrđa, Milivoj Mrđa, Valter Mrđa, Boro Mrđa, Siniša Mrđa, Laura Mrđa, Tamara Mrđa

Mentions in sources

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

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