Burđelez families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Kuna Konavoska in Dubrovnik area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Burđelez.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Burđelez live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (30), Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (15), Opuzen (<10), Ploce (<10), and in Lovorno in Dubrovnik area (<10).
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.