In Croatia, Dender families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Dender live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are only located in in one Croatian city and 5 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (10), and in Visocani (10), Slano (<5), Mlini (<5) and Brasina (<5) in Dubrovnik area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Dender is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Dender " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Ecuador , and small number of people in Russian Federation.
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.
