Surname Zdelar in modern Croatia

Zdelar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Zagreb. In Kapela Podravska in Ludbreg area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Zdelar.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Zdelar live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Kapela Podravska in Ludbreg area (45), Velika Gorica (45), Sandrovac in Bjelovar area (30), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Switzerland (2), Germany (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Zdelar is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Zdelar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Zdellar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Zdelar, Željko Zdelar, Vjekoslav Zdelar, Ivan Zdelar, Mario Zdelar, Katka Zdelar, Vilma Zdelar, Martin Zdelar, Ivica Zdelar, Irena Zdelar, Zoran Zdelar, Goran Zdelar, Lidija Zdelar, Marina Zdelar, Josip Zdelar, Elvira Zdelar, Ivančica Zdelar, Nadica Zdelar, Tihomir Zdelar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1742 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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