Surname Didović in modern Croatia

Didović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area , rarely Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area). In Srednji Lipovac in Pozega area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Didović.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Didović live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 64 other places, mostly in Srednji Lipovac in Pozega area (65), in Zrnovo (35) and Smokvica (30) on the Island of Korcula, Zagreb (30), and in Hrvatska Kostajnica (30).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Didović (including: Didovic , Didovich and Didovych ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Didovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Didović, Vinko Didović, Ivan Didović, Rifet Didović, Mijo Didović, Osman Didović, Joško Didović, Marko Didović, Željko Didović, Petar Didović, Stana Didović, Stanislav Didović, Đurđa Didović, Zlatan Didović, Goran Didović, Tomislav Didović, Dragan Didović, Dolores Didović, Mirta Didović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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