Surname Rudolf in modern Croatia

Rudolf families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Bjelovar. In Podbrđe in Kutina area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Rudolf.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rudolf live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 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 15 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), Djakovo (<10), Umag (<10), and in Gardinovec in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rudolf (including: Rudolph , Rudolphi , Rudolff , Rudolphy , Rudolpho , Rudolphe , Rudholf , Ruedolf and Rudolphs ) is present in 115 countries worldwide. The family name "Rudolf " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 2000 in Indonesia , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Rudolph " is used by some 30000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in South Africa. "Rudolff " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Rudolf, Marija Rudolf, Ferdinand Rudolf, Slavko Rudolf, Lorena Rudolf, Zdenko Rudolf, Elena Rudolf, Sandra Rudolf, Danijel Rudolf, Rajko Rudolf, Antun Rudolf, Sanja Rudolf, Andrija Rudolf, Željko Rudolf, Ivanka Rudolf, Robert Rudolf, Siniša Rudolf, Ivana Rudolf, Denis Rudolf

Mentions in sources

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

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