Surname Rodi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rodi families are generally Croats (from Prelog area ), very rarely Macedonians (from Cakovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Cakovec. In Donji Hrašćan in Prelog area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Rodi.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Rodi live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Cakovec (<10), Donji Hrascan in Prelog area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<5), and in Beli Manastir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rodi (including: Roodi , Rodhi , Rodie , Roddie , Rohdi , Roddi , Rodih , Rodii and Rhodi ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. The family name "Rodi " is used by some 2000 people in Indonesia , about 2000 in Italy , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Rodie " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Solomon Islands , and some 100 people in Canada. "Roodi " is used by some 2000 people in Iran , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Rodi, Davor Rodi, Zoran Rodi, Andrija Rodi, Nikola Rodi, Slavko Rodi, Robert Rodi, Ivan Rodi, Suzana Rodi, Vlado Rodi, Vladimir Rodi, Nada Rodi, Mirjana Rodi, Josip Rodi, Antun Rodi, Katarina Rodi, Franciska Rodi, Kata Rodi, Tomo Rodi

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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