Surname Radman in modern Croatia

Radman families are Croats and they are mostly from Banja Luka area (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Split. In Gornji Svilaj in Bosanian Posavina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Radman.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Radman live in Croatia today, in 700 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 147 other places, mostly in Zagreb (240), Split (195), Slavonski Brod (80), Petrcane (65), and in Voloder in Kutina area (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 63 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (30), Germany (13), Australia (11), Canada (5), Switzerland (2), Spain (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Radman (including: Radmann , Raadman ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Radman " is used by some 30000 people in Yemen , about 3000 in Iran , and some 700 people in the United States. "Radmann " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in Brazil , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Radman, Vivijana Radman, Maja Radman, Miroslav Radman, Stanko Radman, Josip Radman, Tomislav Radman, Andrej Radman, Slavica Radman, Ivan Radman, Darko Radman, Vlatko Radman, Ivica Radman, Željan Radman, Zdravko Radman, Natalija Radman, Ljubica Radman, Ante Radman, Dalibor Radman

Mentions in sources

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

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