Surname Žerdin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žerdin families are generally Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), barely Hungarians, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Žerdin live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Jurovcak in Mursko Sredisce area (15), Zagreb (10), Draskovec (<10), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<5), and in Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žerdin (including: Zerdin , Zherdin and Zserdin ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Zserdin " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Renato Žerdin, Gordana Žerdin, Maja Žerdin, Mario Žerdin, Sanja Žerdin, Nataša Žerdin, Suzana Žerdin, Nada Žerdin, Katarina Žerdin, Matija Žerdin, Branka Žerdin, Igor Žerdin, Anton Žerdin, Denis Žerdin, Stjepan Žerdin, Slava Žerdin, Verona Žerdin, Željko Žerdin, Silvana Žerdin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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