Surname Rabadžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rabadžija families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Zagreb. In Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Rabadžija.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Rabadžija live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (10), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (10), Krizevci (<10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<10), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rabadžija (including: Rabadiya , Rabadzija , Rabhadiya and Rabadjija ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Rabadjija " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Rabadžija, Josipa Rabadžija, Tomislav Rabadžija, Marijo Rabadžija, Vanja Rabadžija, Marija Rabadžija, Đuro Rabadžija, Dario Rabadžija, Nikolina Rabadžija, Ksenija Rabadžija, Andrija Rabadžija, Nada Rabadžija, Ignac Rabadžija, Zdenka Rabadžija, Zdravko Rabadžija, Milka Rabadžija, Zrinka Rabadžija, Silvije Rabadžija, Ignacij Rabadžija

Mentions in sources

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

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