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Surname Dešić in modern Croatia
Dešić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Senj , less frequently Serbs. According to some sources the family name originates from Travnik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Senj. In Ratkovac in Nova Gradiska area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Dešić.
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Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Dešić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Vrh Martinscice in Bakr area (15), Slavonski Brod (10), Osijek (10), and in Bakar (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Dešić (including: Desich , Deshich , Desic and Desics ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Desich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Deshich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Saša Dešić,
Predrag Dešić,
Kristina Dešić,
Mladen Dešić,
Karlo Dešić,
Mirjana Dešić,
Vedran Dešić,
Alan Dešić,
Ivan Dešić,
Zorka Dešić,
Branislav Dešić,
Jadranka Dešić,
Zoran Dešić,
Ivica Dešić,
Mirela Dešić,
Slavko Dešić,
Vedrana Dešić,
Vesna Dešić,
Milica Dešić
