In Croatia, Devescovi families are mainly Italians (from Rovinj ), rarely Croats (also from Rovinj ), and barely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Devescovi live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only five naselja i to in Rovinj (25), Fazana (10), Zagreb (<5), Maruzini in Rovinj area (<5), and in Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Devescovi is present in 18 countries worldwide.
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.