In Croatia, Dešpoja families are Croats (from the Island of Pasman ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Pasman.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Dešpoja live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in only four naselja i to in Dobropoljana on the Island of Pasman (35), Zadar (15), Zrnovnica (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dešpoja is present in four countries on three continents.