Surname Soldat in modern Croatia

Soldat families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area). In Trgovište in Bosanian Posavina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Soldat.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Soldat live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Moravice (10), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Soldat (including: Soldaat , Soldát and Soldatt ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Soldatt " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Soldat, Franjo Soldat, Stevica Soldat, Jura Soldat, Marica Soldat, Nenad Soldat, Željko Soldat, Dragoljub Soldat, Štefanija Soldat, Vladimir Soldat, Mladen Soldat, Jurica Soldat, Milanko Soldat, Barica Soldat, Borna Soldat, Milan Soldat, Ladislava Soldat, Ivan Soldat, Iva Soldat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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