Surname Vardijan in modern Croatia

Vardijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Zagreb. In Pravutina in Ozalj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vardijan.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Vardijan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Svedruza in Krapina area (15), Pravutina in Ozalj area (15), Rijeka (<10), and in Ilovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vardijan is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Vardijan " is used by some 60 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Vardijan, Darinka Vardijan, Josip Vardijan, Ivana Vardijan, Jelena Vardijan, Krunoslav Vardijan, Davorin Vardijan, Štefanija Vardijan, Stjepan Vardijan, Emil Vardijan, Darko Vardijan, Marin Vardijan, Ivanka Vardijan, Robert Vardijan, Ksenija Vardijan, Mihaela Vardijan, Marieta Vardijan, Mladen Vardijan, Janja Vardijan

Mentions in sources

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

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