Surname Rudan in modern Croatia

Rudan families are often Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Karlovac. In Rudani in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Rudan.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Rudan live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 640 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Rudani in Pazin area (70), Zagreb (65), Split (35), Pula (35), and in Sibenik (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (5), Sweden (2), Germany (2), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Rudan (including: Ruddan , Rudhan and Ruedan ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Rudan " is used by some 400 people in Ethiopia , about 400 in Ukraine , and some 300 people in the United States. "Ruedan " is used by few people in the United States. "Ruddan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Rudan, Dragan Rudan, Igor Rudan, Vlasta Rudan, Diana Rudan, Smiljko Rudan, Damir Rudan, Evelina Rudan, Nikola Rudan, Pavao Rudan, Nenad Rudan, Katarina Rudan, Mile Rudan, Valter Rudan, Milan Rudan, Anton Rudan, Darijan Rudan, Stipe Rudan, Zlatko Rudan

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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