Surname Popadić in modern Croatia

Popadić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vukovar area , whereas often Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Nasice. In Smude in Slatina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Popadić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Popadić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Borovo in Vukovar area (30), Osijek (30), Zagreb (20), Split (15), and in Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Popadić (including: Popadich , Popadic , Popadych , Popadick , Popadics and Popadici ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Popadic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 80 in Tanzania , and some 70 people in Germany. "Popadich " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Popadick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Popadić, Aleksandar Popadić, Boris Popadić, Darko Popadić, Nikola Popadić, Josip Popadić, Goran Popadić, Nenad Popadić, Joso Popadić, Momčilo Popadić, Zoran Popadić, Ana Popadić, Majda Popadić, Damir Popadić, Biljana Popadić, Negovan Popadić, Siniša Popadić, Snežana Popadić, Luka Popadić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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