Surname Valdec in modern Croatia

Valdec families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Novi Marof. In Jelenščak in Novi Marof every eighth inhabitant had the family name Valdec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Valdec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Jelenscak (10), Varazdin (<10), Ludbreg (<10), and in Miholjacki Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Valdec (including: Valdez , Valdezz , Waldez , Valdéz , Walldez and Valdeez ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. "Valdez " is used by some 400000 people in Mexico , about 200000 in the United States , and some 60000 people in Argentina. "Walldez " is used by small number of people in Mexico and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Valdec, Dean Valdec, Tomislav Valdec, Vedran Valdec, Rudolf Valdec, Danijela Valdec, Vladimir Valdec, Vesna Valdec, Marijana Valdec, Tanja Valdec, Stjepan Valdec, Brunelo Valdec, Sanja Valdec, Damir Valdec, Petra Valdec, Josip Valdec, Tomica Valdec, Boris Valdec, Željko Valdec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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