Surname Ćordaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćordaš families are mainly Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Garesnica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ćordaš live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Donji Zirovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), Varazdin (<5), Garesnica (<5), and in Makarska (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Ćordaš (including: Cordas , Csordas , Chordas , Ciordas , Cordasso , Chordash , Cordash and Cordass ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Cordas " is used by some 700 people in Brazil , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Portugal. "Chordas " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 60 in Russian Federation. "Cordash " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Ćordaš, Mirela Ćordaš, Predrag Ćordaš, Tibor Ćordaš, Vojin Ćordaš, Nedeljka Ćordaš, Gojko Ćordaš, Đuro Ćordaš, Mile Ćordaš, Stana Ćordaš, Mirko Ćordaš, Milan Ćordaš, Terezija Ćordaš, Ljuban Ćordaš, Mira Ćordaš, Marija Ćordaš, Milka Ćordaš, Dragan Ćordaš, Anka Ćordaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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