Surname Rade in modern Croatia

Rade families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Prolog in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Rade.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Rade live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Karlovac (120), Zagreb (40), Trogir (30), Seget Vranjica in Trogir area (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (2), Sweden (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Rade (including: Radhe , Radde , Raade , Rahde , Herade , Radee , Radeh , Hrade and Rhade ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Radhe " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Radde " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 300 people in Brazil. "Radee " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Rade, Danijel Rade, Mario Rade, Ante Rade, Desanka Rade, Dorina Rade, Paula Rade, Senka Rade, Josip Rade, Ivan Rade, Dragica Rade, Renata Rade, Zvonimir Rade, Anđelko Rade, Dalibor Rade, Đulijano Rade, Darka Rade, Manuela Rade, Dražena Rade

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1672 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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