Surname Sodar in modern Croatia

Sodar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sodar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Vinica in Ivanec area (<10), in Varazdin Breg (<10) and Sveti Ilija (<10) in Varazdin area, and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sodar (including: Soddar , Soddhar , Sodaar , Sodhar and Soodhar ) is present in 15 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Sodar, Stjepan Sodar, Marko Sodar, Roman Sodar, Ivica Sodar, Zdenka Sodar, Josip Sodar, Davor Sodar, Dražen Sodar, Mara Sodar, Zlatko Sodar, Božica Sodar, Tomislav Sodar, Goran Sodar, Gorana Sodar, Marijan Sodar, Slobodan Sodar, Marijana Sodar, Petra Sodar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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