Surname Vadas in modern Croatia

Vadas families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Vadas live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Draskovec (35), Zagreb (20), Cakovec (10), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<10), and in Popovac in Beli Manastir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vadas (including: Vadász , Wadas , Vadasz , Vadash and Vadass ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Vadas " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 800 in the United States , and some 300 people in South Africa. "Vadasz " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 80 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Vadász " is used by some 4000 people in Hungary , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Davor Vadas, Ivan Vadas, Miljenko Vadas, Stanislav Vadas, Vladimir Vadas, Ivica Vadas, Josip Vadas, Saša Vadas, Tomislav Vadas, Andreja Vadas, Damir Vadas, Anita Vadas, Krešimir Vadas, Žozet Vadas, Alen Vadas, Tatjana Vadas, Snježana Vadas, Tomica Vadas, Stjepan Vadas

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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