Surname Vadla in modern Croatia

Vadla families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. According to some sources they originate from Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Koprivnica area. In Mali Otok in Koprivnica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vadla.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vadla live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Koprivnica (20), Cakovec (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Mali Otok in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vadla (including: Vadlla , Vaddla , Wadla , Vadhla and Waddla ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Vadla " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Norway , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates. "Wadla " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Draženka Vadla, Čedomil Vadla, Nenad Vadla, Snježana Vadla, Silvija Vadla, Marina Vadla, Mirko Vadla, Rajka Vadla, Velimir Vadla, Sanja Vadla, Željko Vadla, Predrag Vadla, Božica Vadla, Ivan Vadla, Viktor Vadla, Jelena Vadla, Vlado Vadla, Jadranka Vadla, Denis Vadla

Mentions in sources

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

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