Surname Novosad in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Novosad families are mainly Croats (from Daruvar area ), less frequently Czechs (also from Daruvar area ), and barely Macedonians (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Novosad live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Daruvar (<10), Zapresic (<5), Pleternica (<5), and in Busevec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Novosad (including: Nowosad , Novosád and Novossad ) is present in 37 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Roman Novosad, Alen Novosad, Antun Novosad, Mirjana Novosad, Miro Novosad, Igor Novosad, Eduard Novosad, Sandra Novosad, Vesna Novosad, Matija Novosad, Ljudevit Novosad, Željko Novosad, Adolf Novosad, Nevenka Novosad, Miroslav Novosad, Vlado Novosad, Davor Novosad, Jasminka Novosad, Ivan Novosad

Mentions in sources

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

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