In Croatia, Deri families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Deri live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only two naselja i to in Gorjani (<5) and Breznica Djakovacka (<5) in Djakovo area.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.