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Surname Pađan in modern Croatia
Pađan families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ogulin. In Vučnik in Vrbovsko every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pađan.
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Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Pađan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Samobor (10), Podostra (<10), Gornje Zagorje (<10), and in Osijek (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Pađan (including: Padhan , Padan , Padjan , Padian , Paddhan , Paddan , Padyan , Phadan , Pagian and Padaan ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Padian " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 90 in Indonesia. "Pagian " is used by few people in the United States. "Padhan " is used by small number of people in Bhutan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Norway.
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Characteristic first names
Zvonko Pađan,
Dragana Pađan,
Josip Pađan,
Tomislav Pađan,
Zdenko Pađan,
Petra Pađan,
Ivana Pađan,
Igor Pađan,
Said Pađan,
Damir Pađan,
Sonja Pađan,
Alan Pađan,
Ivan Pađan,
Biserka Pađan,
Velibor Pađan,
Jure Pađan,
Marina Pađan,
Emerik Pađan,
Boris Pađan
