Surname Tadić in modern Croatia

Tadić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area). In places Gornja Lovnica , Živinice and Osova in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Tadić.

Prevalence

About 3900 people with faimily name Tadić live in Croatia today, in 1600 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 101 cities and 375 other places, mostly in Zagreb (740), Split (220), Grab in Sinj area (110), Rijeka (105), and in Zadar (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 50 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (18), Australia (9), Austria (8), Switzerland (5), the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2), France (2), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Tadić (including: Tadich , Tadic , Tadych and Tadicha ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Tadic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Bolivia. "Tadich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Australia. "Tadych " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Poland , and some 100 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Tonći Tadić, Nikola Tadić, Josip Tadić, Slavko Tadić, Zdenko Tadić, Marko Tadić, Branka Tadić, Ranko Tadić, Tade Tadić, Suzana Tadić, Marija Tadić, Vera Tadić, Vlado Tadić, Ilija Tadić, Drago Tadić, Tomo Tadić, Damir Tadić, Tomislav Tadić, Željko Tadić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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