Surname Čordaš in modern Croatia

Čordaš families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , rarely Serbs and Rusyns. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Čordaš live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Osijek (15), Vukovar (<10), Samatovci in Valpovo area (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (2), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Čordaš (including: Cordas , Csordas , Chordas , Ciordas , Cordasso , Chordash , Csordás , 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

Anica Čordaš, Vera Čordaš, Kristian Čordaš, Igor Čordaš, Silvijo Čordaš, Dario Čordaš, Damir Čordaš, Marijana Čordaš, Suzana Čordaš, Tanja Čordaš, Gabor Čordaš, Ivana Čordaš, Dragutin Čordaš, Nikola Čordaš, Kristof Čordaš, Zlatko Čordaš, Ivan Čordaš, Andrijana Čordaš, Darko Čordaš

Mentions in sources

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

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