Surname Dedić in modern Croatia

Dedić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , also Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area). In Gmići in Rama (Bosnia) every sixth inhabitant had the family name Dedić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Dedić live in Croatia today, in 540 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 124 other places, mostly in Zagreb (385), Split (115), Rijeka (60), Sisak (55), and in Sesvete (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), the United States (3), Austria (2), France (2), Switzerland (1), the Netherlands (1), Argentina (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Dedić (including: Dedic , Dedich , Dedick , Dedych , Deddich , Dedics and Dedici ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Dedic " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Czech Republic. "Dedich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Argentina. "Dedick " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Josip Dedić, Maja Dedić, Ankica Dedić, Goran Dedić, Milenka Dedić, Srđan Dedić, Boženko Dedić, Jasminka Dedić, Ljuban Dedić, Eduard Dedić, Ante Dedić, Silvija Dedić, Redžo Dedić, Božica Dedić, Matija Dedić, Antonio Dedić, Ruža Dedić, Neven Dedić, Esed Dedić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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