Surname Đerđa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Đerđa families are Croats (from Zadar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Đerđa live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Zemunik Donji in Zadar area (25), Zadar (15), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Krapinske Toplice in Krapina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đerđa (including: Derda , Gerda , Gjergja , Gergia , Giergia , Gierda and Djerdja ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Derda " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 600 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Valentina Đerđa, Dario Đerđa, Vinko Đerđa, Danijel Đerđa, Igor Đerđa, Bonita Đerđa, Hana Đerđa, Marjan Đerđa, Martina Đerđa, Josip Đerđa, Irena Đerđa, Nediljko Đerđa, Ivka Đerđa, Predrag Đerđa, Denis Đerđa, Slavko Đerđa, Zoran Đerđa, Milan Đerđa, Senka Đerđa

Mentions in sources

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

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