Surname Đeldum in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Đeldum live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (<10), Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Zagreb (<5), Trogir (<5), and in Malinska on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đeldum (including: Gjeldum , Djeldum and Geldum ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Gjeldum " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Geldum " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mira Đeldum, Damir Đeldum, Joško Đeldum, Mladen Đeldum, Josip Đeldum, Filip Đeldum, Drago Đeldum, Ivo Đeldum, Ivana Đeldum, Jerko Đeldum, Natalija Đeldum, Roberto Đeldum, Zdravko Đeldum, Ana Đeldum, Marcela Đeldum, Zdenka Đeldum, Tončica Đeldum, Sonja Đeldum, Tanja Đeldum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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