Surname Wilder in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Wilder families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Wilder live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Wilder (including: Welder , Wylder , Willder , Wielder and Whilder ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. The family name "Wilder " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 900 people in Canada. "Wielder " is used by few people in the United States. "Willder " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljerka Wilder, Damir Wilder, Lucija Wilder, Jagoda Wilder, Mladen Wilder, Alec Wilder, Većeslav Wilder, Boris Wilder, Milada Wilder, Petra Wilder, Viktor Wilder, Miroslav Wilder, Marija Wilder

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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