Surname Nadj in modern Croatia

Nadj families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci , also Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ) and Rusyns. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Nadj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<10), Split (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nadj (including: Nadi , Nady , Naddy , Nahdy , Naady and Nadly ) is present in 95 countries worldwide. "Naddy " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Kazakhstan , and small number of people in Malaysia.

Characteristic first names

Goran Nadj, Laslo Nadj, Saša Nadj, Anita Nadj, Zvonko Nadj, Nela Nadj, Đurđica Nadj, Sanea Nadj, Ljubica Nadj, Kristina Nadj, Dijana Nadj, Marija Nadj, Bela Nadj, Valter Nadj, Jovgen Nadj, Nikola Nadj, Vendelin Nadj, Jasminka Nadj, Mario Nadj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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