Surname Pađen in modern Croatia

Pađen families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Pađen live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Rijeka (35), Crikvenica (20), Ogulin (10), and in Sisak (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), the United States (6), Germany (3), and to France (2).
Family name Pađen (including: Paden , Padjen , Padden , Padhen , Pagen , Padien and Phadden ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Padjen " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Paden " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 2000 in the Philippines , and some 700 people in Democratic Republic of Congo. "Padien " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Pađen, Borislava Pađen, Jurica Pađen, Ljudevit Pađen, Zdravko Pađen, Ivica Pađen, Štefana Pađen, Mira Pađen, Maja Pađen, Marin Pađen, Zoran Pađen, Dina Pađen, Dejan Pađen, Ivana Pađen, Milan Pađen, Marina Pađen, Vladimir Pađen, Goranka Pađen, Sandra Pađen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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