Surname Paladin in modern Croatia

Paladin families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and Rijeka. In Šćulci in Buzet every third inhabitant had the family name Paladin.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Paladin live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Split (50), Zagreb (20), Dugi Rat in Omis area (20), Rijeka (20), and in Hrvace in Sinj area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: New Zealand (4), Canada (2), Germany (2), Sweden (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Paladin is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Paladin " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 900 in Italy , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antonela Paladin, Zoran Paladin, Višnja Paladin, Mirjana Paladin, Krešimir Paladin, Lorena Paladin, Nenad Paladin, Tihomir Paladin, Romano Paladin, Bruno Paladin, Andrea Paladin, Nela Paladin, Miroslav Paladin, Damir Paladin, Marijo Paladin, Slavica Paladin, Klaudio Paladin, Vanja Paladin, Damijan Paladin

Mentions in sources

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

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