Surname Rudar in modern Croatia

Rudar families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Rudar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (25), Zagreb (20), Galgovo (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Rudar (including: Ruddar , Rudarr and Ruedar ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Rudar " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in Kazakhstan , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Ruedar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Rudar, Zlatko Rudar, Hrvoje Rudar, Zdenko Rudar, Branko Rudar, Sanja Rudar, Brankica Rudar, Krunoslav Rudar, Martina Rudar, Arsen Rudar, Božica Rudar, Vedran Rudar, Katarina Rudar, Verica Rudar, Siniša Rudar, Drago Rudar, Danijela Rudar, Kristian Rudar, Damir Rudar

Mentions in sources

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

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