Surname Vidmar in modern Croatia

Vidmar families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Gospic area.

Prevalence

About 610 people with faimily name Vidmar live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Rijeka (65), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (30), Otocac (25), and in Hrvatska Dubica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (3), Austria (1), Sweden (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Vidmar (including: Widmar , Wiedmar ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Vidmar " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Brazil , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Widmar " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany. "Wiedmar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Grigor Vidmar, Svebor Vidmar, Sanja Vidmar, Vladimir Vidmar, Iris Vidmar, Milivoj Vidmar, Margareta Vidmar, Zvonko Vidmar, Marina Vidmar, Jasmina Vidmar, Petra Vidmar, Branko Vidmar, Milorad Vidmar, Davor Vidmar, Željko Vidmar, Jasmin Vidmar, Antica Vidmar, Marija Vidmar, Nevenka Vidmar

Mentions in sources

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

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