In Croatia, Dežulović families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Dežulović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Split (15), Rijeka (<10), Janjina on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Dugi Rat in Omis area (<5).
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.