Surname Deže in modern Croatia

Deže families are mainly Hungarians and they are mostly from Osijek area , but often Croats (also from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Deže live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 11 other places, mostly in Laslovo in Osijek area (60), Osijek (15), Korog in Vinkovci area (<10), Ivanovac in Osijek area (<10), and in Zmajevac in Beli Manastir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Deže (including: Deze , Dezső , Dezse , Dezee , Dezsö , Dheze and Dezzie ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Dezse " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , small number in Germany , and small number in the United States. "Dezee " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Dezső " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 1000 in Romania , and some 500 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranka Deže, Danijel Deže, Slaven Deže, Dijana Deže, Adrijana Deže, Željka Deže, Stjepan Deže, Ana Deže, Ivica Deže, Romana Deže, Melita Deže, Helena Deže, Đula Deže, Atila Deže, Ivan Deže, Siniša Deže, Tihana Deže, Ištvan Deže, Svetlana Deže

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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