Surname Rudman in modern Croatia

Rudman families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Zagreb. In Budim Vivodinski in Ozalj every second inhabitant had the family name Rudman.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rudman live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Budim Vivodinski (<10), Furjanici (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Rudman (including: Rudmann , Rudhman ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Rudman " is used by some 6000 people in South Africa , about 2000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Great Britain. "Rudmann " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in France. "Rudhman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Rudman, Branko Rudman, Boris Rudman, Zdenko Rudman, Biserka Rudman, Stjepan Rudman, Viktor Rudman, Zvonko Rudman, Milja Rudman, Zlatko Rudman, Ernest Rudman, Slavko Rudman, Marko Rudman, Ana Rudman, Goran Rudman, Stanko Rudman, Zoran Rudman, Velimir Rudman, Valter Rudman

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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