Surname Despić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Despić families are mainly Croats (from Pozega ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Despić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Fazana (<10), Zagreb (<5), Tupcina in Ozalj area (<5), and in Andrasevec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Despić (including: Despicht , Despic and Despich ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Despic " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Momir Despić, Goran Despić, Dragoslav Despić, Slaviša Despić, Mirjana Despić, Nenad Despić, Krista Despić, Drago Despić, Suzana Despić, Željko Despić, Slavko Despić, Milica Despić, Aco Despić, Stanko Despić, Risto Despić, Jadranka Despić, Danica Despić, Smilja Despić, Sanja Despić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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