Surname Obradović in modern Croatia

Obradović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Neum (Herzegovina), often Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins (from Serbia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik. In Crnoglav in Neum (Herzegovina) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Obradović.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Obradović live in Croatia today, in 810 households. There were 1900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 77 cities and 154 other places, mostly in Zagreb (320), Metkovic (155), Dubrovnik (115), Vukovar (55), and in Pozega (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Switzerland (6), the United States (5), the United Kingdom (5), Australia (4), Austria (3), the Netherlands (2), Canada (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Obradović (including: Obradovich , Obradovic ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Obradovic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Great Britain. "Obradovich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Peru , and some 100 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Obradović, Miloš Obradović, Davorka Obradović, Valentina Obradović, Danijel Obradović, Stojan Obradović, Berislav Obradović, Neven Obradović, Josip Obradović, Zdravko Obradović, Tomislav Obradović, Dalibor Obradović, Živka Obradović, Želimir Obradović, Darko Obradović, Petar Obradović, Mario Obradović, Marijo Obradović, Snježana Obradović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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