Surname Zidarević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zidarević families are almost entirely Croats (from Duga Resa area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Gornja Zdenčina in Jastrebarsko area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Zidarević.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zidarević live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Belaj in Duga Resa area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Jastrebarsko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zidarević (including: Zidarevic , Zidarevich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Zidarevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Zidarević, Violeta Zidarević, Ivica Zidarević, Emilija Zidarević, Jadranko Zidarević, Hasnija Zidarević, Dražen Zidarević, Branko Zidarević, Ana Zidarević, Jagoda Zidarević, Zdenko Zidarević, Miroslav Zidarević, Pavao Zidarević, Anka Zidarević, Ivan Zidarević, Romana Zidarević, Josip Zidarević, Rudulf Zidarević, Kaja Zidarević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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