Surname Pandža in modern Croatia

Pandža families are usually Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Donja Vratna Gora in North Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Pandža.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Pandža live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Nijemci in Vinkovci area (45), Split (35), Pozega (30), and in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pandža (including: Panda , Pandza , Pandja , Pandha , Pandah , Phanda , Pandaa , Pannda , Pandda and Paanda ) is present in 130 countries worldwide. The family name "Pandza " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada. "Phanda " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Pandža, Ivan Pandža, Đuro Pandža, Marija Pandža, Antun Pandža, Stipe Pandža, Mladen Pandža, Krešimir Pandža, Marko Pandža, Branka Pandža, Josip Pandža, Blanka Pandža, Zvonko Pandža, Sandra Pandža, Robert Pandža, Irena Pandža, Ružica Pandža, Ante Pandža, Neža Pandža

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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