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Surname Padežanin in modern Croatia
Padežanin families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Jastrebarsko area. In Podgorje Krnjačko in Duga Resa area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Padežanin.
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Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Padežanin live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Karlovac (30), Vukovar (15), Kolaric in Duga Resa area (10), Sjenicak Lasinjski in Jastrebarsko area (<10), and in Osijek (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Padežanin (including: Padezanin , Padezhanin ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Padezanin " is used by some 90 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Radomir Padežanin,
Ljuba Padežanin,
Vesna Padežanin,
Amela Padežanin,
Mladen Padežanin,
Dragana Padežanin,
Ilija Padežanin,
Gordana Padežanin,
Radojka Padežanin,
Rajko Padežanin,
Snježana Padežanin,
Ratko Padežanin,
Slavica Padežanin,
Tomislav Padežanin,
Marijana Padežanin,
Branko Padežanin,
Dunja Padežanin,
Ljubica Padežanin,
Ljubomir Padežanin
