In Croatia, Đivoje families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Lastovo ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Lastovo.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Đivoje live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only five naselja i to in Split (15), Rijeka (<10), Lastovo on the Island of Lastovo (<10), Hreljin (<5), and in Novska (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Đivoje (including: Djivoje , Gjivoje and Divajee ) is present in 7 countries worldwide. "Gjivoje " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.